The Federal Government has announced plans to initiate the process of repatriating Nigerian refugees currently residing in neighbouring Cameroon, Chad, and Niger back to their home country.

This decision was made following a meeting between the Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons, AHMED TIJJANI, and Borno State Governor, BABAGANA ZULUM in Maiduguri.

TIJJANI disclosed that the government has also agreed to close the remaining Internally Displaced Persons camps in Maiduguri and facilitate the return of the displaced individuals to their ancestral homes within a timeframe as short as possible.

He added that the registration of refugees for voluntary evacuation is currently underway in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.