FG’ll accommodate 56,000 Nigerian refugees from Cameroon –Buhari




                                                               president muhamadu buhari 
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday disclosed that over 56,000 Nigerian refugees were currently in Cameroon having been sacked from their communities in the northeastern region of Nigeria by the Boko Haram sect.
Buhari expressed sadness about the terror unleashed by the sect on the country which he said led to the killing of 20,000 people.
Buhari spoke at a state banquet he hosted in honour of the visiting President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, and his wife, Chantal, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The President said his administration was working day and night to rebuild destroyed facilities in the northeastern part of the country so that the Nigerian refugees could be brought back home as soon as possible.
“I assure you that as soon as the data on Internally Displaced Persons is ready, we will bring you back home safely,” the President said.
While listing some of the achievements of the nation’s security forces against the sect, Buhari said there was no longer a hiding place for terrorists in Nigeria.
Describing Cameroon and Nigeria as two nations that have come a long way, the President said the two countries had always embraced peace and dialogue.
He also commended the crucial role Cameroon was playing in the multinational force established to tackle insurgents.
He described his visit to Cameroon last year as the most memorable of his foreign trips, adding that nobody complained about the trip.
Biya, who spoke through an interpreter, described Buhari’s trip to Cameroon last year as a turning point in the history of the two nations.
He described Boko Haram as a common enemy of the two nations with “its goals running contrary to the aspirations of our people”.
He expressed his wish to see the over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State, rescued soon.
He promised to continue to take care of the Nigerian refugees residing in Cameroon.
The state banquet was attended by the wife of the President, Aisha; Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo; the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and his wife, Gimbiya; the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Muhammed; governors of Taraba, Cross River and Adamawa states, ministers and other top government officials.

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