Kaigama expressed hope that government would show more interest in what the Church and NGOs were doing to assist the IDPs.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Archbishop of the Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, Ignatius Kaigama, on Monday visited New Kuchingoro Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Abuja and called on the Federal Government to make the ancestral homes of the IDPs conducive for resettlement.
Addressing the displaced persons, the archbishop said Nigerians had no business staying in IDP camps for too long.
Kaigama enjoined the IDPs to remain faithful and prayerful and put all their hope in God.
“I hope there is a department in the FCT to take care of people displaced; these people don’t know where they come from. They don’t have adequate housing and social amenities. Government should monitor their progress. It is not enough to acknowledge that we have IDPs in our midst.
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“Government must monitor their health, children’s growth, and provide them with education, water and sanitation,” he said.
Kaigama expressed hope that government would show more interest in what the Church and NGOs were doing to assist the IDPs.
The archbishop encouraged the people to be strong even in the face of hardship and societal deprivation.
Earlier, chairman of the Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) of the Archdiocese of Abuja, Josephat Abaagu, encouraged the IDPs not to give up.
“Believe in the goodness of God, there must come an end to every challenge,” he said.