By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke

ABUJA — THE Senate, yesterday, mandated its Committee on Appropriation to allocate the sum of N10 billion under service wide vote for the relocation and resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons,IDPs, returning to Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.

The Red Chamber also urged the National Emergency Management Agency,NEMA, and the Refugees Commission to make special arrangement for repatriation and resettlement of Nigerian refugees in Cameroon, Niger and Chad. But the Senate asked the committee to include IDPs in Taraba,Plateau,Benue and Nasarawa states as beneficiaries in the allocated amount.

The Senate action was sequel to a motion, tagged: “Interim financial and material support/assistance to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, returnees in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states”, presented for consideration during plenary by the Senate Leader, Ali Ndume,APC, Borno South and eight others from Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.

The managers of the Victim Support Fund have been directed as well to allocate reasonable amount of money from the fund for immediate relocation and resettlement of the IDPs, pending the short and medium term plans they may have. Other IDP centres across different states of the federation are expected to benefit from the proposed N10 billion and other other intervention funds when it eventually released by the executive.

Sponsors of the motion, in their lead debate,said the returning IDPs need immediate and interim financial and material assistance in terms of cash transfer and food relief to start their lives all over again in the short term before the intervention from the proposed North East Development Commission ,PINE. Lead sponsor of the motion, Ali Ndume, in his remark, said: “These IDPs from these states ran away from their various , from their various homes, leaving everything they own behind with the hope of returning in short time, but ended up losing everything to the Boko Haram insurgents.

“The displaced persons’ houses and other physical properties, like vehicles machineries, buildings and almost everything have been destroyed or vandalized by the insurgents, Boko Haram. Most or all the affected persons are relatively poor with no savings, source of income or gainful employment,” the lead sponsor, Ndume said in his remarks.

Considering the five-prayer motion, the Senate urged the federal government to release grains from the strategic grain reserve to the affected states. Also, it directed the appropriate committees to write a letter of appreciation to the embassies of the host countries where the refugees are accommodated.

It also urged the victim support fund to allocate reasonable amount from the fund for immediate relocation and resettlement for the IDPs pending the short and medium term plans, they might have.

: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/2016-budget-senate-allocates-n10bn-to-idps-in-north-east/

Am watching... #JagabanPose

IDPgate; I guess Awesome way to steal from buhari

Billions always going to the north

If this is a joke plz you better stop it
they destroyed their homes, communities, States and L.G
now they are waiting for oil money to use and rebuild their home but Niger Delta communities are yet to be developed
and this is where the money comes from
they are busy looking for oil in lake chad they have spent billions still from Niger Delta oil money
Now the wants them to give more birth at the IDP with this money am sure their women will give birth to thousands of children
I suggest the president should give them the hole budget

Buhari must settle them, all they did was to help buhari win the election. Without their direct and indirect involvement with Boko Haram issue buhari wouldn't have been in Aso Rock today.

nnachukz:
Buhari must settle them, all they did was to help buhari win the election. Without their direct and indirect involvement with Boko Haram issue buhari wouldn't have been in Aso Rock today.

@ the bolded... it makes me to wonder why we've not heard the voice "Almighty Abubakar Shekau since the man from Daura took over power or have they killed him without notifying us OR Is It That He Has Delivered His Candidate To Power & Went On An Exile?? PEOPLE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND POLITICS BEEN PLAYED..



I Just Wanna Make Common Sense

how are we sure that money will end up getting to those people..i trust our government official.. ..they will divert the money and probably pity them and give them 2 million naira..the rest is sure going to go into thin air

K

Ok

10billa Okokobioko!

Jonathan did nothing who increased our minimum wage from 8000 to 18000?? who increased corpers allowee to 19800??, who made INEC truly independent?? who increased our megawatts to 5000, the highest this nation has experienced?? who built more federal roads more than any past Nigerian president according to fashola?? who stopped the corruption in fertilizer distribution??, who check mated and reduced ghost workers by 50%??, who made our economy the fastest growing economy in Africa and 22rd in the world??, who commissioned federal universities all the nation??, who ensured that there was no fuel scarcity almost throughout his reign?? Party aside let's be honest.

BeeBeeOoh:
@ the bolded... it makes me to wonder why we've not heard the voice "Almighty Abubakar Shekau since the man from Daura took over power or have they killed him without notifying us OR Is It That He Has Delivered His Candidate To Power & Went On An Exile?? PEOPLE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND POLITICS BEEN PLAYED..



I Just Wanna Make Common Sense

some people have no common sense sir,as common as it is

another chance for selfish public holders to loot ..

make una continue ohh

BeeBeeOoh:
@ the bolded... it makes me to wonder why we've not heard the voice "Almighty Abubakar Shekau since the man from Daura took over power or have they killed him without notifying us OR Is It That He Has Delivered His Candidate To Power & Went On An Exile?? PEOPLE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND POLITICS BEEN PLAYED..



I Just Wanna Make Common Sense

...then u must just be returning from Pluto.

Northern country of Nigeria

Too small

Sasuwa:
Too small

Thank you.

Waste of money

OK ooi

10 billion for internally displace persons


how much externally displace persons go kum get??


choi.......naija don suffer

I dey tells you

10 billion naira and some fools are out here complaining is it only oil that is a source of revenue for Nigeria. South south was not ravaged by war and the environmental situation is as a result of the foolishness of their leaders collecting bribes and letting the common man suffer from the oil spillage

Hizzy:
If this is a joke plz you better stop it
they destroyed their homes, communities, States and L.G
now they are waiting for oil money to use and rebuild their home but Niger Delta communities are yet to be developed
and this is where the money comes from
they are busy looking for oil in lake chad they have spent billions still from Niger Delta oil money
Now the wants them to give more birth at the IDP with this money am sure their women will give birth to thousands of children
I suggest the president should give them the hole budget

Have u eaten this morning?

ebhohimimen:
Jonathan did nothing who increased our
minimum wage from 8000 to 18000?? who
increased corpers allowee to 19800??, who
made INEC truly independent?? who
increased our megawatts to 5000, the
highest this nation has experienced??
who
built more federal roads more than any past
Nigerian president according to fashola??
who stopped the corruption in fertilizer
distribution??,
who check mated and
reduced ghost workers by 50%??,
who
made our economy the fastest growing
economy in Africa and 22rd in the world??,
who commissioned federal universities all
the nation??,
who ensured that there was
no fuel scarcity almost throughout his
reign??
Party aside let's be honest.

Jonaaaaaaaa!

The other group of refugees chased away from the north are languishing in poverty in the east and, some in the south west. No government cares for them.

BeeBeeOoh:
@ the bolded... it makes me to wonder why we've not heard the voice "Almighty Abubakar Shekau since the man from Daura took over power or have they killed him without notifying us OR Is It That He Has Delivered His Candidate To Power & Went On An Exile?? PEOPLE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND POLITICS BEEN PLAYED..



I Just Wanna Make Common Sense

Have u ever owned a TV or radio?

even though the move is a good one, but when its time for disbursements virtually half of the IDP's will never have a smell of this resources. suggestion is that since most of them have lost their homes, government should use part of the 10billiin alongside other world bank aides to at least build low cost houses for this people and the remaining sum be shared to them so that they can continue or better still, start a new life. just a thought.

even though the move is a good one, but when its time for disbursements virtually half of the IDP's will never have a smell of this resourced. suggestion is that since most of them have lost their homes, government should use part of the 10billiin alongside other world bank aides to at least build low cost houses for this people and the remaining sum be shared to them so that they can continue or better still, start a new life. just a thought.