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Boko Haram: It’s Tough Handling IDPs, says Osinbajo

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, said it was tough handling Internally Displaced Persons in the North East.

Notwithstanding the challenges, he said the present administration was committed to making lives meaningful for them.

According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the acting President spoke while receiving the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, Ms. Ertharin Cousin, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The statement quoted him as saying, “We are working on how people can get back to their normal lives. The Federal Government is also working on how to help the children, especially regarding education and housing.

“So many people are in need, it is a tough challenge, but we are committed.”

Osinbajo said the Federal Government would continue to secure communities in the North East where peace had been restored.

He said dealing with the security challenges was an ongoing task for the Federal Government.

He, however, assured stakeholders that the threats would reduce.

Earlier, Cousin had said since the establishment of an inter-ministerial committee which Osinbajo coordinated, there had been a significant improvement in the implementation of the UN’s efforts in providing assistance in the North-East.