In a significant humanitarian gesture, Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Saturday, June 14, 2025, commissioned a newly built resettlement city for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees in the Yar-Kande community of Keffi, Nasarawa State.
Constructed by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), the project, named after the First Lady, comprises 40 housing units accommodating 239 individuals.
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Mrs. Tinubu described the initiative as a testament to President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to restoring “hope, dignity, safety, and patriotism” to displaced Nigerians.
“This development reaffirms the commitment of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu,” she said, adding that President Tinubu would love to see all Nigerians being cared for, living in a dignified environment, going to school, and being productive to society.”
The centre is well-equipped with greenhouses, a vocational training facility, a police station, worship centres, and has been allocated 100 hectares of farmland for residents to cultivate.
Mrs. Tinubu emphasized that empowerment must accompany resettlement to ensure long-term independence for the IDPs.
The Federal Commissioner, NCFRMI, Tijjani Ahmed, reiterated that the project aims to provide decent housing and economic opportunities.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, pledged to replicate the model nationwide, assuring displaced Nigerians: “Your voice is heard and you matter to us, you now have access to a good life and dignity.”
Expressing gratitude, Cameroonian refugee and leader of refugees in Nigeria, Mr. Earnest Cho, said: “We are excited to live in free accommodation and a farming community, but we urge the government to connect us to the national grid and provide mobility for better living conditions.”
