The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Sidi, has said Nigerian troops have liberated all communities from the grip of dreaded sect, Boko Haram.
Sani-Sidi spoke on Friday night at an awards ceremony organised by the Northern Youth Council in Kaduna, Kaduna State.
Sani-Sidi, who commended the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for reducing the work of the emergency agency from dealing with emergency situations to just the rehabilitation of victims of all kinds of emergencies, said Boko Haram can no longer lay claim to the control of any community.
He said: “There is no community that has not been liberated from Boko Haram now.
“We should thank our soldiers and the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari to making sure this has come to pass.”
The NEMA DG equally said the Agency was already rehabilitating victims of the insurgency, adding that it would be through with the task soon also with the support of the government.
He said at the moment, no victim of the Boko Haram insurgency was being brought to the Internally Displaced Persons camp all over the North East again, adding: “We are soon getting over with the emergency issues.
“We are heading towards rehabilitation of IDPs instead.
“The government is working with various international agencies to make sure those at the IDPs camps are fully rehabilitated.”
Sani-Sidi was honoured by the NYC with the award of Ambassador of Hope.
He dedicated the award to the staff of NEMA and the displaced persons.
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