Dogara who disclosed this when he visited the Wassa Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, resettlement camp at the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, with food items and clothings said majority of them from the North East had been victims of the Boko Haram onslaught on the zone.
The items donated by the Speaker to the four IDP camps in the FCT were 250 bags of rice, 550 bags of maize, 600 bags of millet, 80 cartons of sugar, 250 bags of beans, 100 Jerry cans of vegetable oil, 100 bags of salt, 200 cartons of Indomie Noodles, 700 pieces of Super wax print and 700 pieces of Guinea Brocade.
Speaking after donation, Dogara told the inmates who were begging to be taking back to their various communities in the Boko Haram ravaged North East that it would be irresponsible of the government to allow them go home where there was still pockets of attacks by the insurgents.
The Speaker pledged the commitment of the House to end the insurgency currently ravaging the North East, stating that as leaders who enjoyed the votes of the people, “we cannot sleep over your plights in the camps.”
Dogara explained that his mission was to personally appraise the living conditions of the IDPs living within the FCT, pledging to also reach out to the other camps outside the nation’s capital as soon possible, with palliative measures.
Dogara reiterated that as a way of permanently addressing the challenges of IDPs and refugees, the House is working on a law to create a special agency for the IDPs and is receiving accelerated attention from the National Assembly.
Responding to the Speaker’s gesture, Chairman of the Wassa camp who received the items on behalf of other camps, Hamman Bukar commended Dogara for sharing in their pains, as he prayed for God’s reward of his kind gesture and pressed for better social amenities.
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