Adamawa State Governor Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla Bindow has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and ensure that the 9,600 people still living in the Internally Displaced Persons’ camps operated by the state are quickly resettled in their hometowns.

Bindo, who made the call during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, said left to his administration, all the IDP camps would be closed.

He said his demand was informed by the fact he was not happy with the situation in the camps since the occupants were no less human than other people elsewhere.

According to him, his administration is very much predisposed to closing down the camps but has been unable to do so because the infrastructure destroyed by the insurgents in most of the communities have yet to be rebuilt.

He said, “We are here to appreciate our people and to celebrate the Eid-el-Kabir with them because they are people like us.

“They are not less than anyone of us here. Don’t be surprised that one of the children given birth to in this camp can become the President of this country one day. Any of them could become a governor or a senator. Thus, we should not consider ourselves as better than them.

“Since this administration is for the poor, it has said it will repair their damaged homes, fix their destroyed hospitals, schools, worship places and other destroyed infrastructure. I want to assure you that the government is committed to doing this.”

He called on President Buhari to quickly intervene and fix every destroyed infrastructure in the North-East as promised to pave the way for the return of the IDPs to their various homes.

“I am appealing to the Federal Government and President Muhammadu Buhari to come to their rescue.

“Left to me, I want the camps closed. But there’s no way we can close the camps when the homes they will return to have yet to be rebuilt.

“Their places of worship, both churches and mosques, have yet to be rebuilt. The hospitals are not there and there is no access to clean water. Therefore, we are urgently calling on the Federal Government and especially Mr. President to quickly fix every destroyed infrastructure in the North-East to pave the way for the quick resettlement of those displaced by the insurgency because their continuous stay here is not good.”

Haruna Furo, the Executive Secretary of the Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency, said it was unique of the governor to have celebrated with the over 9,000 IDPs in the state on Sallah day.