Governor Radda Moves To Deploy More Supports For IDPs

<h4>Governor Radda Moves<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Katsina State Government&comma; under the leadership of Governor Dikko Umaru Radda&comma; has taken a significant step towards strengthening its support for Internally Displaced Persons &lpar;IDPs&rpar; within the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a statement signed by Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed&comma; Chief Press Secretary to Katsina State Governor and sighted by OpenLife&comma; a steering committee has been inaugurated by the governor to develop an enabling law based on the National Policy for IDPs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This committee&comma; led by Governor Radda&comma; will study and make recommendations for the proposed law&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;25444" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-25444" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-25444" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;06&sol;Kt-300x133&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Governor Radda Moves To Deploy More Supports For IDPs" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"133" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-25444" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Some members of the committee<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The Secretary to the State Government&comma; Barrister Abdullahi Garba Faskari&comma; will serve as the Vice Chairman&comma; while the Executive Director for Development Partners of the State Development Management Agency Hajiya Maryam Musa-Yahaya will act as the Secretary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;The committee will meticulously examine the National Policy and Action Plan for IDPs to ensure our proposed law effectively addresses their needs&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em> Governor Radda said during the inauguration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong> &&num;8220&semi;Our goal is to create a draft law that will be submitted to the State House of Assembly for legislative action&comma;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;em>the governor added<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor Radda expressed appreciation to the World Bank for its initiative in addressing the challenges faced by IDPs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He highlighted the project&&num;8217&semi;s focus on livelihoods&comma; infrastructure improvements&comma; and facilitating the return of IDPs to normalcy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;Katsina State&comma; alongside other states in the Northwest&comma; has been heavily impacted by security issues&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em> Governor Radda explained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He emphasized that &&num;8220&semi;<em><strong>This committee underlines our commitment to finding solutions and underscores the need for additional support to tackle this ongoing problem&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The committee will include representatives from various government departments&comma; including the Commissioners for <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Rural and Social Development&comma; Works and Housing&comma; Land and Physical Planning&comma; Youths and Sports Development&comma; Budget and Economic Planning&comma; and Women&&num;8217&semi;s Affairs<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the Economic Adviser&comma; Director-General of the State Enterprise Development Agency&comma; and the Special Adviser on Rural Economy will be part of the committee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor Radda clarified that the Committee Secretary will assume the Chair role in his absence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;25443" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-25443" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-25443" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;06&sol;Kat-300x130&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Governor Radda Moves To Deploy More Supports For IDPs" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"130" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-25443" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Members of the committee with the governor<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;