No fewer than 100 households benefitted from the federal government’s food items for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kwara State.
The food items distributed to the beneficiaries included rice, garri, semovita, spaghetti, vegetable oil and salt.
At the event held at the Federal Secretariat, Ilorin, the state capital, the federal commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Tijani Ahmed said the federal government is concerned about the plights of the internally displaced persons and would spare no effort to assuage their sufferings.
“What we are doing here is in line with the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who has equally supported us that something meaningful is done to assuage the burden of displaced persons.
“Today’s event is an important occasion and we have come here because we have the mandate to ensure that we have durable solutions for people of concern,” Ahmed explained.
Represented by the deputy director communications and strategy of the commission, Tunde Oyasanya, the federal commissioner, urged the beneficiaries not to sell the items so that it could serve the intended purpose.
The state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq who was represented by the commissioner for special duties, John Bello, described IDPs issue as a challenge to governments at all levels.
He restated his administration’s commitment to alleviating challenges facing the internally displaced persons and other vulnerable members of the society.