Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, said that Nigeria and the North East would be at peace when the internally displaced persons returned to their homes.
Complete peace could only be achieved when the displaced persons returned to their homes, farms and businesses, Atiku said while speaking at the 20th-anniversary celebration of Gombe State on Saturday.
“There will be complete peace when hospitals and markets reopen. There will be complete peace when children and women are no longer malnourished or when people no longer in fear or traumatized,” he said.
He recommended that the government should set achievable targets of definite timelines.
“Every stakeholder must be determined to return a displaced person back home, empty the camps and rebuild schools,’’ he said.
The occasion attracted other dignitaries such as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and Gov. Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa State.
Former governors in attendance were Sule Lamido, Babangida Aliyu, Ali Modu Sheriff and Jolly Nyame.
