The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on a visit to Nigeria on Tuesday in Maiduguri, Borno State visited a rehabilitation centre for victims of Boko-Haram and an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp.
During the visits, Guterres, who showed concern over the plight of the affected persons, expressed UN commitment to continue to support measures to ameliorate their sufferings.
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, who briefed the secretary on the situation in the North-East state, lauded UN for its support to the state and urged for more.
Zulum noted that many of the IDPs had stayed for several years in camps and were earger to return to their recovered homes but the destroyed structures were yet to be reconstructed.
He urged for more UN support in the ongoing rehabilitation, reconstruction and resettlement of the IDPs.
At the rehabilitation home, Borno State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, said from 2016 to date, the centre had rehabilitated 7039 women and children affected by the insurgency.
The UN secretary could not visit the border town of Banki as earlier scheduled because of time factor.
