The Borno State Commissioner of Justice, Barrister Hauwa Abubakar has pledged full support to activities of Allamin Foundation and a renewed collaboration with the foundation on peace building, reconciliation, resettlement and reintegration of victims of boko Haram insurgency .
The commissioner also expressed her happiness and enthusiasm over the appreciable acutivies of Allamin Foundation for vulnerable children, youths, women, widows, orphans and the disabled among others while promising to establish a synergy between the ministry of justice and Allamin Foundation for proper and effective peace building and development in the state
The commissioner who stated this Monday in her office at the state secretariat while receiving on courtesy visit a delegation from Allamin Foundation led by the Executive Director, Allamin Foundation, Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin Foundation .
Barrister Abubakar also
commended the stage of facilities and welfare of inmates in Detention Camp recently went she last visited the camp to assess facilities and health of the inmates from the Boko Haram insurgency under detention by the military command while commending Col. Ahmed, the Commandant of Giwa Barracks for the improved facilities and services at the camp state following good works done so far to the buildings and facilities by way of bringing to their glory.
Others issues she said include welfare of the inmates at Detention Camp from the Boko Haram insurgency under detention by the military who are yet to be released or prosecuted neither allowed to have access to their families or relations while also commending Allamin Foundation and appreciating the general work done by the foundation in line with the aims and objectives of the state government in addressing issues and challenges of victims of the insurgency .
“The. State governments mission on peace building and development in the post insurgency is positive and a great change as Allamin Foundation has made a great impact on the lives of many people, and victims of insurgency as well the vulnerable,” Hauwa said
The Executive Director, Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development,Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin said her management team and other leaders of the various groups under the foundation decided to pay a courtesy call on the Hon. Commissioner of Justice in the state to acquaint her with the activities of the foundation and present to the ministry a complied document well packaged and published for onward passage to the State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum for proper and effective implementation.
She added that the documents comprises of charters of demands of deradicalized women and rehabilited victims of the boko Haram insurgency , the needs and demands of the victims based on the research carried out by the foundation as one of the stakeholders of peace, unity , development and stability of the state as well as sustainability stakhokers
While presenting the documents to the commissioner, Hamsatu called on the state government to monitor and promote effective deradicalization , rehabilitation, resettlement , reconciliation and reintegration of the victims of insurgency while disclosing that the foundation has registered over
23,0000 victims of the insurgency as members of various categories of victims of the insurgency Including physically challenged and the vulnerables
The Executive Director added that the foundation management and various teams were at the ministry in furtherance to mobilization efforts as stakeholders and part of the peace building and development team in the state
as well one of the stakeholders of peace promoters and builders in all ramifications .
Hajiya Allamin also appealed for proper and effective implementation of Transitional Justice for all the victims and relations of the insurgents , pointing out that the foundation has compiled gender sensitive issues, challenges and problem’s with suggestions and recommendations for a way forward as livelihood or survival supports for th victims , methods of livelihoods across the groups irrespective of their status as victims including the physical challenges persons.
Presenting the documented charter of specific needs and demands of the victims of the insurgency for onward transition to the State Governor to the state commissioner for further necessary action as part of the Allamin Foundation contributions , plans and supports to the deradicalization, rehabilitation demobilization,, reintegration and Empowerment the our skills acquisition training /entrepreneurship processes and programmes.
The Executive Director further appealed for the ministry’s intervention in some.cases and issues concerning missing children, youths , invisible children and women is deteriorating as the Nigerian military insist that unless the state ministry of justice in intervene or come, nothing can be done or released.
Members of certain groups under Allamin Foundation spoke also on their various issues and problems affecting them before the rescue of the foundations intervention while urging the commissioner to support and assist the victims of insurgency and the foundation itself improve on it’s efforts of being succour to the victims and th vulnerable in the society.
Others that also spoke called on the ministry to collaborate with the foundation to provide the victims with education, skills acquisition training for the victims .
Highlights were documents presentations, and photographs among others .