Federal Government on Thursday revealed that an estimate of over two million Nigerians are living out of their homes and communities as displaced persons.
According to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Farouk, their displacement is a result of terrorism, banditry and communal clashes across the country, especially the Northeast.
Farouk who led a delegation made this known while she addressed President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja yesterday.
She said the ministry was supporting those affected by “rebuilding their homes in areas of disasters and resettling those who fled their places of abode.”
Her words: “As of today, we have over two million displaced persons in the country. Ranging from those displaced by insurgency, armed banditry, communal clashes, and so on.
“The ministry is doing its best to see that people who are displaced in this country are given the necessary support by way of supporting their livelihoods, rebuilding their homes in areas of disasters, and settling those who have fled their places seeking for refuge, provided their communities are safe for them to return.”
