IDPs can’t go home now, FG has a lot to do on security

IDPs can’t go home now, FG has a lot to do on security - Ortom insists

- The governor of Benue, Samuel Ortom, has said that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), will still have to remain in their camps for a while

- Ortom on Monday said that it is still not safe for the IDPs to return to their deserted considering the present condition of things

- The governor state that the federal government must do its utmost to ensure that the attacks that led to the IDPs' plight does not reoccur

Benue Governor Samuel Ortom has said that the terrain was not safe for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), to return to their ancestral homes.

Ortom stated this on Monday, January 14, in Makurdi, during a two-day symposium on the plight of the IDPs. The symposium wasthemed Displaced, Traumatized and Neglected: An Emerging Humanitarian Crises in Benue state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The symposium, organized by the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), in collaboration with Yavnielle Consult, focused on possible solutions to the humanitarian crises.

Represented by his deputy, Benson Abounu, Ortom said that the IDPs would not return home until adequate security measures were taken to prevent recurrence of the attacks.

He commended the federal government for instituting a military operation to tackle the herders attacks in the rural communities.

According to him, there is relative peace following the efforts of the Operation Whirl Stroke in the state. “But it is still not safe for the IDPs to return home,” he declared.

He charged the resource persons at the symposium to make recommendations that would solve the humanitarian crises caused by the incessant attacks on rural communities.

“Your recommendations should be reduced into just two pages – one to focus on identification of the problems and the other on possible solutions. If it is too bogus, people might not read, making it unimplementable,” the governor said.

He called on the federal government to commence the reconstruction of damaged property as a preliminary step toward resettling the IDPs.

Earlier, the chairman of the occasion, Prof. Nicholas Ada, while regretting the destruction by herders, urged the resource persons to proffer solutions to the crises based on facts, to help government to formulate policies.

On his part, the convener of the event, Professor Okpeh Okpeh, said that the symposium was meant to provoke fresh discussions among stakeholders on the plight of IDPs in Benue.

He decried the appalling conditions of the displaced persons in the state, and called for federal government’s intervention to alleviate the suffering of the displaced.

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According to him, the state government is catering for 500,000 IDPs, most of whom are women and children. He urged participants to make informed suggestions that would help government in arriving at decisions that would resolve the crises.

In an address, Emmanuel Shior, SEMA chairman, said that the herders/farmers conflicts were comparable to the crises in the northeastern parts of the country.

Shior described the crises as ”a national disaster”, and called on the federal government to give it all the needed attention.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Ortom had condemned Benue state All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains for campaigning in an IDPs camp recently.

In a statement sent to Legit.ng by his spokesman, Terver Akase, the governor described the action as “a mockery of the attack victims.”

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