Forty-six thousand Internally Displaced Persons, displaced by Boko Haram insurgency have returned to Borno.

According to the National Emergency Management Agency, the Internally Displaced Persons fled to Cameroun, Chad and Niger Republic at the peak of the insurgency.

Its Director General, Mustapha Maihaja made this known while distributing relief materials to them in Banki, Bama local government council of Borno.

He said thousands of Nigerians who fled their homes in Banki in the wake of insurgency returned following the success recorded in the counter-insurgency campaign.

The government adopted proactive steps to meet the needs and requirements of the affected persons in terms of shelter, food, health, growth. We are committed to improve their well being,” he said.

Maihaja explained that the agency was responding promptly to the immediate needs of the returnees and distributed food items, mattresses, clothing materials And Mosquito Treated Nets.

He noted that the agency provides 8.4 kg of food items every month per household.

Maihaja also said the agency had adopted effective modalities to provide schools and clinics in the camps, to enable the affected children return to school, enhance hygiene and healthcare service delivery.

The director said the Federal Government has begun the distribution of 40, 905 tones of assorted food items to displaced persons in Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Taraba and Yobe States.

According to him, the agency had initiated a comprehensive tracking system to monitor vehicular movement and distribution of relief materials to guard against diversion.

Maihaja added that the agency had embarked on enumeration exercise of IDPs and door-to-door distribution exercise to ensure that the affected families get the relief materials.

Members of the Presidential Committee on North-East Initiative, led by Rear Adm. A Z Gambo, inspected the food distribution exercise at various camps in Banki, Bama, Maiduguri and liberated areas.