The Federal Government is keen on settling over 3.6m Nigerian Refugees scattered around the world in their various original homes.
The Minister of Interior Dr. Tunji-Ojo, gave the assurance on Wednesday while hosting the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) Representative in Nigeria, Mr. Arjun Jain and his team on a courtesy visit to the Minister’s office in Abuja.
Reiterating the resolve of the Federal Government to ensure a safe return of refugees to their original homes, the Minister, stressed that the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is not just to care for the strongest, but it is even more about the weakest, adding, ‘that is what government is all about’.
He said the Ministry is desirous of collaboration in order to pool strength together to lift the weakest by ensuring their safe return to their ancestral homes.
Responding in the same vein, The UNHCR Representative in Nigeria Arjun Jain said there is the need for collaboration between Nigerian government and UNHCR to enable Nigerians that are scattered around the world as refugees due to the activities of Boko Haram insurgents to return back to the country.
He further explained that there are over 120 million displaced people around the world out of which 3 percent are Nigerians.