Aminu Masari, governor of Katsina, has warned non-government
organisations (NGOs) against going into any of the internally-displaced persons
(IDPs) camps in the state.
Masari, who spoke at the army special super camp IV,
Faskari, on Monday, said the state has the capacity to take care of the
displaced persons.
Explaining the reason for his decision, the governor said he
wants the displaced persons to return to their homes because their continued
stay at the camps creates opportunities for bandits to attack.
“We will not allow these NGOs under whatever guise into our IDPs camps,” Masari said.
“We know that the fight against bandits and banditry is not
over, but we can handle our displaced persons adequately because we have
sufficient food, clothing, shelter, and security for them while we strengthen
efforts in restoring security for them to return to their respective homes.
“We want the IDPs to return to their homes as soon as
possible because leaving them at the camp is what is giving opening for those
wanting to prolong banditry.”
The governor said the government needs to take more
administrative actions that will end insecurity.
He said the state government is looking into ways of
recreating local security council to address the challenges of banditry.
“As a government, there are certain actions, which we need
to take; actions that are non-kinetic, actions that are administrative, actions
that will make us look back at laws governing our local communities,” he said.
“My own thinking is that the local government reforms of
1976, which has taken all authorities from local institutions and vesting it on
nobody.
“As a government, we are going through the archives to see
how we can recreate village security council and every Ward in Katsina state
will have similar committee to recreate village security council.
“This village security council also can stray down to remote
and smaller areas so that we can have those that can be held responsible.
“We believe also that future dialogue should be conducted in
each and every village by these community council.
“I think it will help greatly because the military is
working very hard to restore normalcy but after that, we need to maintain and
sustain peace in the villages and
communities.”
In 2019, the army shut down the offices of some NGOs,
accusing them of providing humanitarian support to insurgents.
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