The Federal Government says it plans to begin the processes of evacuating Nigerians taking refuge in the neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic, back home.
Thousands of Nigerians affected by the Boko Haram insurgency had fled to the neighbouring countries at the peak of the insurgency.
Ahmed Tijjani, the Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, NCFRMI, said this on Thursday in Maiduguri after a meeting with Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno.
Mr Tijjani said the government had also agreed to close the remaining Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps in Maiduguri and return the displaced persons to their ancestral homes within the shortest possible time.
“We discussed the evacuation of refugees from Cameroon, Niger and Chad. It was agreed that a tripartite meeting will hold.
“The commission will sit and come out with the process and procedure to apply in evacuating our people.
“Registration of refugees for the voluntary evacuation is ongoing in collaboration with UN Agency for Refugees (UNHCR),” Mr Tijjani said.
