HIGHLIGHTS
With UNHCR's support, the National Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) conducted training on Voter Education in Adamawa on 11-12 March 2015. 2700 persons from National Youth service Corp (NYSC) and St. Theresa camps were reached. The highest portion of participants were women (2000).
35 protection staff from various partner organizations received training in practical protection skills and the legal framework governing internally displaced persons (IDPs). The Participants were schooled on the UNHCR mandate and its role in IDPs Protection in North East Nigeria. As one of the initial outcomes of the training, participants agreed on the initial composition and structure of the PSWG at the state level, particularly in Bauchi, Gombe and Yobe.
Government representatives and counter-parts have expressed the hope that the UN agencies and other humanitarian actors in the country will boost their support to the displacement crises in Nigeria. They spoke during interaction with the UN Emergency Directors Group (EDG) mission in the Adamawa HQ of Yola on Monday.
With more than 81 percent Permanent Voter Cards distributed and with an impending defeat for the dreaded insurgency in the North East of the country, Nigeria is gradually getting set for 28 March and 11 April general elections.
