Katsina to Provide School, Hospital to Zamfara IDPs

Francis Sardauna in Katsina

Apparently worried by the hardship experienced by the 3,500 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Zamfara State who are taking refuge in Katsina State, Governor Aminu Bello Masari, has vowed to provide relief materials, school and hospital for them.

The IDPs, who fled their homes in Zamfara State as a result of what they described as “unflinching attacks,” are in dire need of shelters, clothes, food and portable drinking water, among other humanitarian needs.

Masari gave this assurance when he paid an unscheduled visit to the displaced persons’ camp in Dansabau village in Kankara Local Government Area of the state on Sunday.

He noted that his government would not relent in providing succour to the people that scampered for safety in other parts of the country to take refuge in Katsina, saying the assistance would be within the limited resources of the state government.

“We are ready as a government to assist anyone from any country or state that wants to seek refuge in Katsina. We are also ready to assist the IDPs from Zamfara State and we’ll make effort to do so in any way we can till they go back to their respective communities,” he said.

The Katsina governor, however, urged security agencies to as a matter of urgency, put mechanism in motion in order to restore peace in the affected communities to pave way for the IDPs to return home.

He further disclosed that the ongoing road construction by the state is to link some of the troubled communities in Zamfara State, stating that the project if completed, would reduce the security challenges being faced in the area.