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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouk, on Thursday said the country currently has over two million displaced persons.
She said the affected persons were displaced as a result of the activities of insurgents and bandits or through communal clashes.
Farouk disclosed this in an interview with State House correspondents after a visit to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The minister said, “As of today, we have over two million displaced persons in the country, ranging from those displaced by insurgency, banditry, communal clashes and so on.
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President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja charged National Commission for Persons with Disabilities to play its roles adequately in the realisation of the government objective of lifting 100million Nigerians out of poverty.
Speaking when he received members of the newly established body at the State House, President Buhari said,” I am enjoining you as a team of the commission, to realize that your work forms a critical aspect in achieving the objective of our Administration to removing 100 million Nigerians out of poverty. I am therefore looking forward to commissioning projects and programmes of high impact on the disabled community in line with this vision.
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He charged the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities to play its roles in the realisation.
Buhari gave the charge when he received members of the newly-established body at the State House.
“I am enjoining you as a team of the commission, to realize that your work forms a critical aspect in achieving the objective of our Administration to remove 100 million Nigerians out of poverty.”
The Nigerian leader said he looks forward to commissioning projects and programmes of high impact to the disabled community.
Buhari told the commission to work diligently towards ensuring that the government is able to touch the lives of fellow citizens with special needs.
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