Borno state Governor Umaru Zulum has paid sympathy visit to the victims of fire disaster at Muna Elbadawy IDP camp, Maiduguri.
He directed the Borno State Management Agency (SEMA) to make list and submit details of the number of affected households for proper intervention by the state government.
While sympathizing with the victims, Zulum stated that the state government is looking at all possible ways to collaborate with the federal government and humanitarian partners to come up with a mechanism to resettle them and other remnants of IDPs in and around Maiduguri back to their ancestral homes or nearby towns such as Ngwom and other towns.
He said many do not know why the State government is trying to resettle IDPs back to their ancestral homes, noting that the government is not forcing any of them back to their homes.
According to him, the need to resettle them is due to the congestion at the camp, sanitary conditions and poor sheltering at the camp.
The governor further explained that the resettlement will enable them to reestablish their livelihood, give them the ability to properly discipline, safeguard the moral upbringing of their children and allow the host communities to develop by decongesting its population.
Governor Zulum was briefed and conducted round the facility during the visit by the NEMA Coordinator (North East), Usman Mohammad Aji, and the Director General Borno (SEMA) Hajiya Yabawa Kolo.
The coordinator informed the governor that the fire started at about 1 pm from one of the tents at the camp where one of them was cooking. However, it was brought under control by personnel of the State Fire Service.
The fire had claimed the life of one person, injuring 17 others and destroyed over 100 shelters.
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