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IDPs Welfare Is Top Priority- Buhari

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The resettlement and comfort of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) will remain a top priority of the Federal  Government, President Muhammadu Buhari said in Abuja on Monday.

He made the declaration after receiving briefing by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr Ezekiel Oyebola Oyemomi at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

According to him, the well-being of about 1.5 million people displaced by the insurgency in the North-East must always be uppermost in the minds of those in government.

Buhari, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, therefore directed the ministry to always be mindful of the pathetic circumstances of the IDPs, and factor them into proposals for next year’s Budget.

“You must help to  improve their situation,” the President told the Permanent Secretary and his team of officials.

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Ex Govs, Buhari Associates Battle Tinubu

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Eleven days to the assumption of office, close associates of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari and  some former governors are plotting to move against the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola tinubu. The plot is to whittle down the influence Tinubu will have on the incoming government.

Buhari’s associates and the former governors are mounting pressure on Buhari to review his ties with the APC national leader. They are accusing Tinubu of not allowing them have a say in the way the new government would be formed.

Many of those opposed to Tinubu in the party have presented themselves and others as candidates in the new government.

Read More: Punch