Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IPDs) across the country would be prioritised when the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is elected as president in 2023.
Wife of the APC flag-bearer, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, gave the hope at the weekend at the IDPs camp in Area One, Abuja. She led a team of APC Women Presidential Campaign team to donate food items and empowerment grants to displaced persons from Borno State.
Mrs. Tinubu, while addressing the IDPs, pledged to work towards the resettlement of all IDPs across the country should her husband, Bola Tinubu, win the election.
She said: “I believe that all those in IDPs camps will be resettled because this camp is dehumanising. We can’t live in our homes and expect our brothers and sisters to sleep in sheds. I’m speaking for me, and I believe I’m speaking for Mrs. Shettima, that we will continually remind our husbands of the plight of these people, and that they have to be resettled.
“These are young promising children with a bright future. We can see most of them are educated, they have dreams, they have aspirations. Nigeria belongs to all, no matter from what background.”
Senator Tinubu thereafter donated 100 bags of rice, 500 yams, 100 cartons of instant noodles, 30 cartons of oil, 500 wrappers and money as empowerment grants for young people in the camp.
She said the gesture was to bring succour to the people. According to her, the campaign team was aware of the yearnings of the IDPs to have their children educated, and their quest to become financially empowered, and so she pledged to continue to support IDPs across the country.
Wife of the vice presidential candidate, Hajiya Nana Shettima, thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his efforts in battling the Boko Haram insurgency, saying they ensured that areas like Gwoza were recaptured from insurgents.
She urged the IDPs to support the APC at the polls and assured them of the party’s commitment to addressing their concerns.
Women Leader of the camp, Leatu Ayuba, thanked the team for the gesture, saying the visit was a special one as no other political party or candidate had shown concern about their welfare.
She said: “I am very happy and today is our festive day. We appreciate them and we have never had any other presidential candidate reach out to us this way. May Almighty God bless them.”