Gov. Hyacinth Alia has announced plans to close some Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Benue as a result of improved security in the state.
Alia made the announcement during a media chat with the Renewed Hope Ambassadors Presidential Media Team, led by Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Strategy.
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the team is in Benue to inspect completed and ongoing Federal Government and state infrastructure projects across the 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.
Alia said improved security, supported by Federal Government intervention, had created relative peace, enabling many displaced persons to voluntarily return home and resume farming.
He said security indices were being monitored through security agencies deployed across the LGAs, traditional institutions and residents, who provided useful information on developments within their communities.
