By Omonu Yax-Nelson
The Minister of Defence, Lt Gen Mansur Dan Ali rtd has said, the Nigerian Army has dealt a tremendous blow to the Boko Haram insurgents.
Dan Ali, made this remark yesterday, as a special guest at a one day seminar on “The Impact of Insurgency and Boko Haram attacks”, organised by Mission Alert International.
The Defence Minister who was represented at the occasion by Dr Hassan Abdullahi, assured Nigerians that a good number of communities in the liberated areas are safe for the Internally Displaced Persons to resettle back home.
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, represented by ACP
TolanI Alausa said, the Nigerian Police is doing everything to ensure
the safety of the IDP camps.
He restated the need for the cooperation of other security agencies and civilians alike.
He said, the role of the Police Force becomes expedient, now that displaced persons are been relocated back to their communities.
To ensure their safety of the returnees, Alausa said, the Police have deployed 6,000 of its personnel to the North-East.
He also added that the activities of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA and
Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC are complementing the efforts of the Nigerian Police.
The UNICEF representative and a Child Protection Specialist with UNICEF Nigeria, Samuel Manyok said, about 365 children were killed in the North-East conflict, while 1,700, 000 people were forced out of their homes thereby becoming Internally Displaced Persons, IDP.
However, he said, with UNICEF support, about 1,700, 000 people children of school age will access schooling and learning materials in safe learning environment and about 3,900,000 people will receive primary health care services in 2017.
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The Minister of Defence, Lt Gen Mansur Dan Ali rtd has said, the Nigerian Army has dealt a tremendous blow to the Boko Haram insurgents.
Dan Ali, made this remark yesterday, as a special guest at a one day seminar on “The Impact of Insurgency and Boko Haram attacks”, organised by Mission Alert International.
The Defence Minister who was represented at the occasion by Dr Hassan Abdullahi, assured Nigerians that a good number of communities in the liberated areas are safe for the Internally Displaced Persons to resettle back home.
He restated the need for the cooperation of other security agencies and civilians alike.
He said, the role of the Police Force becomes expedient, now that displaced persons are been relocated back to their communities.
To ensure their safety of the returnees, Alausa said, the Police have deployed 6,000 of its personnel to the North-East.
He also added that the activities of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA and
Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC are complementing the efforts of the Nigerian Police.
The UNICEF representative and a Child Protection Specialist with UNICEF Nigeria, Samuel Manyok said, about 365 children were killed in the North-East conflict, while 1,700, 000 people were forced out of their homes thereby becoming Internally Displaced Persons, IDP.
However, he said, with UNICEF support, about 1,700, 000 people children of school age will access schooling and learning materials in safe learning environment and about 3,900,000 people will receive primary health care services in 2017.
Leadership
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