Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has announced that the Bama Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp, the largest camp in the state outside Maiduguri, will be closed within the next one month.
Zulum stated this on Thursday in an interview with journalists after an assessment visit to the Government Science Secondary School, Bama IDP camp. Next month from the interview date is July.
The governor personally supervised the screening of displaced persons for more than three hours to ensure that only genuine households are captured in the resettlement programme.
He expressed his administration’s commitment to ending displacement in Bama Local Government Area.
“We are here to examine the remaining displaced people that are living in the IDP camp with a view to ensuring the closure of Bama IDP camp,” Zulum stated.
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