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FG SETS UP COMMITTEE ON IMPROVEMENT OF SECURITY OPERATIONS AT PORTS 28th September, 2017
NIGERIA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES STRENGTHEN BILATERAL RELATION ON SECURITY 22nd August, 2017
FG PARTNERS CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD ON SECURITY 18th August, 2017
RETURN OF REFUGEES: NIGERIA HARPS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT 14th August, 2017
DAMBAZAU CONDEMNS DIVISIVE RHETORIC BY SOME NIGERIANS 14th August, 2017
INTERIOR MINISTER CONDEMNS THE ANAMBRA CHURCH KILLING 7th August, 2017
MIGRATION MANAGEMENT: FG CALLS FOR REGIONAL COLLABORATION 4th August, 2017
NATIONAL IDENTITY NUMBER MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE CARD – INTERIOR MINISTER 4th August, 2017
NIGERIA’S PROSPERITY DEPENDENT ON UNITY– DAMBAZAU 3rd August, 2017
EXECUTIVE ORDER 003 WILL BOOST THE ECONOMY – DAMBAZAU 3rd August, 2017
SOME NIGERIANS PROMOTING IRREGULAR MIGRATION - DAMBAZAU 20th July, 2017
DAMBAZAU CHARGES NEWLY-DECORATED DCGs ON OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE 20th July, 2017
CIVIL DEFENCE, FIRE, IMMIGRATION AND PRISONS REPOSITIONED FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICE 13th July, 2017
DAMBAZAU SUES FOR PEACE AMONG WARRING COMMUNITIES IN CROSS RIVER STATE 13th July, 2017
GOVERNOR BEN AYADE COMMENDS FG ON PROACTIVE ACTION ON THE CRISIS IN WANIHEM AND WANIKADE COMMUNITIES OF THE STATE 13th July, 2017
PROTECTION OF REFUGEES: FG’S TOP PRIORITY - DAMBAZAU 4th July, 2017

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECLARES MONDAY, 2ND OCTOBER, 2017 PUBLIC HOLIDAY TO MARK 57TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY 28th September, 2017
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECLARES MONDAY, 26TH AND TUESDAY 27TH JUNE 2017 AS PUBLIC HOLIDAY TO MARK ID-EL FITR  22nd June, 2017
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RETURN OF REFUGEES: NIGERIA HARPS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT

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RETURN OF REFUGEES: NIGERIA HARPS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT

Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau

Nigeria has harped on the need to take practical steps to the implementation of the Agreement for the return of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon, signed by Nigeria, Cameroon and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on 2 March 2017.

The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, stated thiswhen he inaugurated the Meeting of the Tripartite Commission for the Implementation of the Tripartite Agreement for the Voluntary Repatriation of Nigerian Refugees Living in Cameroon.

Gen. Dambazau said that the six-member Commission would supervise and execute measures that would facilitate the implementation of the previously signed Tripartite Agreement, which the parties had not been able to implement since after it was signed on 2nd March, 2017 in Yaoundè, Cameroon.

He noted that as provided by the Agreement, the Commission would “drive the critical process that would bring the Agreement into force”, and called for the cooperation of all stakeholders to ensure the full realization of the goals of the Tripartite Commission.

The Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, Republic of Cameroon, Rene Emmanuel Sadi, pledged that Cameroon would play its role in the Agreement effectively, and would set up maximum conditions of security and serenity for the voluntary repatriation of refugees to Nigeria, which is part of the practical modalities of the Tripartite Agreement signed in Yaoundè, Cameroon.

Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, flanked on his right by Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, Republic of Cameroon, Rene Emmanuel Sadi, and on his left by UNHCR Representative to Nigeria & ECOWAS, Antonio Jose Canhandula (r)

According to him, the Tripartite Commission, set up by the Tripartite Agreement, is tasked with the mission of conducting the process of repatriation of the concerned persons successfully.

Also speaking, UNHCR Representative to Nigeria & ECOWAS, Antonio Jose Canhandula, reiterated the stand of UNHCR that the return of refugees should be safe, dignified, voluntary and durable, and called for proper registration and profiling of refugees, as a security measure.

He reaffirmed the UNHCR’s commitment to collaborating with both governments to ensure the smooth implementation of the Tripartite Agreement.

This would be the first Tripartite Commission since the governments of Cameroon and Nigeria, and the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, signed the Tripartite Agreement on 2 March 2017 for the voluntary, safe and dignified return of refugees from Cameroon to Nigeria, in line with international protection principles, and marked the onset of the implementation phase of the Agreement.

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