Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a national policy on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, told journalists at the end of the Council meeting that the aim of the new policy is to strengthen institutional mechanism and frameworks for the realisation of rights, dignity and wellbeing of vulnerable populations.”
This, the Minister said, would be achieved “through mitigation of impact and achievement of durable solutions to internal displacement in Nigeria.”
According to Hajiya Farouk, “I must say that today is a great day for the Ministry as well as for the government. This administration has reached another milestone for the purpose of this internally displaced persons.
“The national policy on internal displacements provides a platform for all relevant actors in humanitarian and development space to key in and contribute towards a common goal. “And the overall goal of the policy is to strengthen institutional mechanism and frameworks for the realisation of rights, dignity and wellbeing of vulnerable populations through mitigation of impact and achievement of durable solutions to internal displacement in Nigeria.
“And with the approval of this policy today, a multi-sectoral structure will fully emerge, which will ensure a coordinated operational and strategic response to all the humanitarian challenges our nation is facing, providing practical and actionable solutions that will resolve internal displacement in the country.”