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Crisis
By Mohammed Mamman
Damaturu, Feb. 2, 2017 (NAN) The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Nigeria has commended the country for effectively handling the humanitarian crisis in the North-East.
Mr Hanson Tamfu, the UNHCR’s External Relations Officer, made the commendation on Thursday at an interactive session with newsmen in Damaturu.
“Nigeria has made great efforts in the management of the humanitarian situation in the North-East that was bedeviled by insurgency.
“If this situation that happened in Nigeria were to be in any other country, it would have been a catastrophe because it is not easy handling two million displaced people,’’ Tamfu said.
He assured that the UN would continue to support the government and displaced people in Nigeria to live a dignified life.
“Nigerian government will remain the driving force while the various UN agencies provide supplementary roles,’’ Tamfu said.
He appealed to the media to support the UN agencies in executing their duties in the state.
The officer said the agencies would partner with the media in accurately reporting issues to keep the public adequately informed.
“The agencies would be transparent, provide relevant information and bridge existing gaps for a better understanding of the workings of the agencies providing humanitarian support and services to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state,’’ he said. (NAN)
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Edited by Johnson Eyiangho/Abdullahi Yusuf