As part of plans to create an enabling environment for all faiths to thrive and co-exist peacefully, the Governor of Niger State, Rt. Hon. Umar Mohammed Bago has reaffirmed his administration's unwavering commitment to justice, fairness and equity within the State equally.
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, has enjoined religious leaders to continue to promote inter-faith unity and to push for the betterment of Nigeria in the forthcoming general elections.
NIGERIA: Yola Diocese Commissions Estate for Resettlement of Displaced Persons
By Arnold Neliba
YOLA, APRIL 13, 2021 (CISA)-Rt. Rev. Stephen Dami Mamza, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Yola, has commissioned Sangere-Marghi estate meant for the resettlement of displaced victims of Boko Haram attacks.
“This project is a tall dream come true since the Catholic Diocese of Yola first opened its doors to host IDPs since Sunday 15th September 2014 after the fall of some Local Governments in Northern Adamawa following the attacks of Boko Haram on local villagers,” reads a statement read by Bishop Mamza on April 12.
While sharing on the diocese’s seven-year journey of taking care of the IDP’s, Bishop Mamza disclosed that pressure started mounting in October 2014, when Mubi town and the environs came under Boko Haram occupation and thousands fled into Yola and were in need of food and shelter. St. Theresa’s IDPs Camp housed 4,700 persons.