Abuja — Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has flayed government agencies for failing to play their roles in providing succour to the internally displaced persons (IDPs), leaving them at the mercy of faith-based and non-governmental organisations (NG0s).
Speaking at the weekend when he paid a visit to Karmajiji IDP camp in Abuja, where he flagged off a medical outreach for over 2,000 people in the camp, the speaker noted that though the appropriate thing would be to return them to their communities, they cannot be left on their own because the war on terrorism has not totally been won, which puts their lives at risk in the hands of Boko Haram insurgents.
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