Former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (Rtd) has been appointed to chair all federal government initiatives and interventions geared towards the rehabilitation of all Internally Displaced persons in north-eastern Nigeria.
This was made known on Saturday by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Northern Reawakening Forum, a meeting organised to fashion out modalities for the rebuilding of the Northern states affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
“We have been working on interventions in the north east due to immediacy of the crisis in that axis but the problem of diseases and poverty were exacerbated by the Boko Haram insurgency…..close detailed, analysis and plans on the north east has been done in collaboration with some development organisations.
“We have government interventions such as presidential initiatives on the north east, victims support group, among others. Now all of the federal government initiatives are now under the chairmanship of General TY Danjuma. We hope that streamlining these efforts this way will help control immediate deliveries of succour to many of the problems currently in the north east,” Osinbajo declared.
In the same vein, Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, stated that a comprehensive master plan that will help re-integrate the people and seek entire development of the northern Nigeria should be designed.