Insecurity: Details Of Osinbajo’s Meeting With Adamawa Gov, NSA Monguno, Others Emerge

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday met with the Adamawa State Governor, Umaru Fintiri, over humanitarian and security situations in the Northeast.

The meeting, which was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, also had Hajia Sadiya Umar-Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), among others in attendance.

The Adamawa State Governor while speaking with State House correspondents after the meeting, Fintiri described the discussion as a fruitful one.

“These are strategies we need to keep for ourselves so that we move the country and the North-East forward.”

“I think it is too early to divulge the information at the moment.’’

Fintiri notes that the major humanitarian issue in the region is the movement of food and other aids to the badly affected areas.

He further stated that the military has been doing well of late while the communities are opening up.

The governor said that serious efforts are being made to address the issue of flooding in the region.

“The flooding does not affect the North-East generally; but my state is one of those that have been identified by NEMA to have flooding this year.”

“And personally, I have been making efforts in addressing the flooding challenge in my state.’’

The Adamawa who also spoke on the issue of shelter for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), said that the IDP camps in the region were well taken care of.

He said that more houses were being built for IDPs in Borno.

“They are building more houses in all the local governments in that state for them to relocate IDPs camps to their various local governments of origin.”

“That is also happening in Adamawa; we are addressing them headlong and we are moving forward in ensuring that our citizens are well taken care of and they are settled properly the way it should be in their communities.’’

Fintiri while speaking on Coronavirus revealed that the curve has been flattened in the whole North-East, adding that efforts would be stepped up to ensure that the protocols were kept.