Adamawa: Fintiri Ready to Receive 4000 Adamawa Refugees from Cameron

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The Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, says his  government is will set machinery in motion to receive back home, the about four thousand Adamawa refugees that have been residing in Cameroon.

Fintiri made the remarks when he received the delegation of the Technical Working Group for repatriation of Nigeria Refugees in Cameroon at the Council Chambers of the Government House, Yola.

Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri said, "The state government is ever ready to facilitate the repatriation exercise and will constitute a technical committee to support the refugees when they return home."

He commended the Group and the Camerounian authorities for keeping the refugees safe and expressed the willingness of his administration to support the group in the task ahead.

Earlier in her remark, the leader of the delegation who is the Federal Commissioner in charge of National Refugees Commission, Sadiya Umaru Farouq said, the visit was designed to intimate the Governor on the plan to start repatriating Adamawa refugees in Cameroon. 

Farouq disclosed that the Technical Working Group will soon start the exercise and appealed to state government to give all the necessary support and assistance for the success of the exercise.

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