The Borno government said it has closed down four Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps and resettled 11,000 households in six communities across the state.
Governor of the state, Babagana Zulum who spoke at the official closing of the four IDP camps on Thursday in Maiduguri, said the feat was achieved following the return of peace in the state.
He listed the IDP camps to include Dalori 1, Dalori 2, Gubio Road and Muna El-Badawi.
He said the households were displaced in 2015 by the Boko Haram insurgents at Marte, Baga, Banki, Warabe, Kerenoa, Wulgo and Ngurosoye.
Mr Zulum attributed the closure of camps to paucity of fund, adding that arrangements had reached advance stage to close four more camps to facilitate the voluntary return of displaced persons in six communities by 2023.
He said the only way to end insurgency was for the government to address the root causes of terrorism in the North-east region.
“The insurgency causes are increasing poverty, infrastructural deficit and climate change,” he said.
According to him, the return of the IDPs is in accordance with the Kampala Convention without force, stressing that it was a dignified return.
