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Nigeria To Evacuate 60, 000 Refugees From Cameroon

Buhari visists IDPThe Nigerian government has concluded plans to return all Nigerians who are refugees in different camps in Cameroon back to Nigeria as civil authorities gradually return to various locations occupied by members of the dreaded Boko Haram

Minister of Interior, General Abdurahaman Dambazau, gave the assurance when he visited over 60,000 Nigerian refugees in the Minawao camp, Maruoa in far North region of Cameron as parts of his three days official visit to the country.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of Interior, Osaigbovo Ehisienmen, said the minister also donated food and other essential items to the displaced Nigerians in the country on behalf of the Nigerian government.

“Minister of Interior jointly signed a communiqué at the end of a bilateral meeting with officials of Cameroon Interior Ministry on issues related to exchange of information on the organization and duties of Interior Ministry of both Countries, arrangement towards gradual return of Nigerian Refugees back home which would involve a tripartite agreement between Nigeria, Cameroon and United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Maritime Piracy, as well Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of regular consultation mechanisms between authorities of the Cameroonian Regions, and States in Nigeria located along the common border.”

Dambazau was accompanied on the trip by the Inspector General of Police Mr. Solomon Arase, the CG Immigration Service Mr. Martins Abeshi, Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Solicitor General of the Federation, Representative of National Refugee Commission and other government officials. [myad]