The Borno State Authorities has finalised preparations for the voluntary repatriation of greater than 3,000 Nigerian refugees from the neighbouring Republic of Cameroon to their ancestral houses after 11 years.
This was in achievement of Borno State governor Professor Babagana Umara Zulum’s dedication to repatriate and resettle all Nigerian refugees from Borno Stste who’re sheltering in neighboring Chad, Cameroon and Niger Republics.
The operation was being performed with the assist of the Nationwide Fee for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Individuals.
Chairman of Borno State Sub-Committee on Repatriation and member of the Presidential Committee on Repatriation, Engineer Lawan Abba Wakilbe, on Monday, met with a authorities delegation from Cameroon’s Far North Area and officers of the United Nations Excessive Fee for Refugees (UNHCR) on the Minawao Refugee Camp in Maroua, Cameroon.
The aim of the assembly was to finalise logistical and different preparations to make sure the refugees’ protected and dignified return residence.
Throughout a go to to the camp in December 2025, Governor Zulum assured refugees prepared to return that they’d achieve this in a protected and dignified method, marking a brand new chapter for households displaced by insurgency over 11 years in the past.
The refugees, predominantly from communities in central and southern Borno, fled to Cameroon greater than 11 years in the past in the course of the peak of the insurgency, which devastated villages, displaced households, and disrupted socio-economic life throughout the North-East.
Throughout their keep, Cameroonian authorities and humanitarian companions offered shelter, healthcare, schooling, and different important providers. Many refugees have been additionally allotted farmland to assist agricultural actions, decreasing assist dependency and permitting them to maintain their households with dignity.
With improved safety in a number of elements of Borno and ongoing state-led reconstruction efforts, many refugees have expressed their readiness to return residence voluntarily.
The Borno State Authorities has already offered buses and different logistical assist for the motion of the refugees whereas the Nationwide Fee for Refugees will oversee and coordinate the repatriation mission in collaboration with Cameroonian authorities and humanitarian businesses.
“That is the fourth section, which started in 2020. The method is occurring easily in accordance with the tripartite and technical working group agreements,” Engr. Wakilbe acknowledged.
“His Excellency, Governor Zulum, was right here on 8 December 2025 and made commitments. As quickly as they return residence, all commitments can be fulfilled,” he assured.
In a associated growth, Engineer Wakilbe led a high-level delegation to the workplace of the Governor of Cameroon’s Far North Area, Midjiyawa Bakari.
Throughout their assembly, Governor Bakari recommended the Borno State Authorities for sustaining the longstanding and cordial bilateral relationship, noting that cooperation between the 2 international locations has been instrumental in making certain the safety, welfare, and orderly return of displaced individuals throughout the border.
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