Dangote, Danjuma to Lead Committee on IDP Resettlement and Rehabilitation

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote and a former Minister of Defence, Theophilus Danjuma to lead the presidential committee that will oversee the rehabilitation of infrastructure and resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the North-Eastern part of the country.

In a statement released by his Spokesman, Garba Shehu, in Abuja, the President said the committee would be inaugurated soon, and all forms of assistance and aid generated locally and from foreign countries as promised by the group of seven industrialised countries, G7, will be channeled through the committee.

The President stated that a list of damaged infrastructure, including schools and bridges have been complied and handed over to the leaders of the G7 and the United States, adding: “I didn’t ask for a Kobo (in cash). It is up to them to choose what they will undertake. Already, some of them have sent teams to verify our assertions.”

He said women and children were the most affected victims of the Boko Haram violence.

Buhari also noted that the fight for the return of the Chibok girls was ongoing and will continue to be a worrying issue to his administration, adding that his administration will do all within its powers to ensure their safety.