The Federal Executive Council FEC has approved a new National Policy for Internally Displaced Persons IDPs in the country.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, said this when she briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
She described the policy as a milestone in government’s determination to bring succour to displaced persons.
According to the minister, the overall goal of the policy is to strengthen the institutional mechanism and frameworks for the realization of the rights, dignity and wellbeing of vulnerable populations through the mitigation of impact and achievement of durable solutions to internal displacements.
