Federal Government, the World Bank, European Union, and the United Nations have concluded a two-week recovery and assessment mission in the North East states ravaged by insurgency as part of ongoing Recovery and Peace Building Assessment, RPBA, programme.
Led by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, Dr. Mariam Masha, the recovery and assessment team visited Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi, Borno and Yobe states during which the team actively engaged with governors, decision-makers as well as top government functionaries, civil society organisations, private sector players, traditional rulers, IDPs, emergency management, humanitarian and relief agencies and other active partners in the recovery efforts in the affected states.
A statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, said in the course of the tour, the team of officials visited several camps and resettlement centres for the IDPs in different states as well as insurgency-ravaged public institutions like hospitals, markets and military formations. The visit by the technical and humanitarian experts from these critical global institutions primarily focused on validating the processes through which data are to be collected and how to develop internationally- acceptable mechanisms to maintain contact with focal points in all the states.
The Federal Government had last month unveiled this assessment programme which was a collaboration between the government of Nigeria and development partners – the World Bank, EU and the UN.
