IDPs: WE'RE GUIDED BY INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE AND STANDARDS, SAYS PRESIDENT BUHARI

President Buhari with R-L:
United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees Flippo Grandi,
Mrs Angele Dikongue Antangana,
Mr Edward Kallon and Regional Rep. for
West Africa Mrs Liz Ahua at the State
House on 19th December, 2016.

Nigeria is guided by international best practice and standards in rehabilitating millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) spawned by the Boko Haram insurgency, President Muhammadu Buhari has affirmed.

Speaking while receiving Mr Phillipo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Monday in State House, Abuja, President Buhari disclosed that Nigeria was making efforts to domesticate the Kampala Convention, which legally binds governments to protect the rights and wellbeing of people forced to flee their homes by conflict.

The President lauded the military, which he said has created a safe passage that has made it easier to help the displaced persons.