Adamawa State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, has hosted the Conference of Northeast Speakers on a round table discussion on issues affecting the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Northeast.
The Honourable Speakers of the Northeast which comprises Adamawa, Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe and Taraba were in the state primarily to deliberate on how to domesticate the Kampala Convention on the IDPs.
Though, the round table discussion was organised by the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) and Adamawa State Government, the participants were hosted by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas.
It is against this backdrop that the Speakers unanimously resolved to go back to their various States and Houses of Assembly in particular to come up with legislations aimed at protecting the IDPs.
Speaking to newsmen shortly after being taken round the Complex of Adamawa State Assembly Friday, the Chairman of the Conference and Speaker Bauchi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Suleiman said they were in Adamawa purposely to look at the Kampala Convention on IDPs.
The Speaker said that their concern at the moment is to domesticate the Convention into their various States so as to assist and proctect IDPs in the Northeast in general.
Rt. Hon. Suleiman asserted that they have IDPs in all their constituencies; hence their decision to come to their aid with legislations, explaining that the immediate needs of the IDPs at this critical time is nothing but protection.
According to him, the affected people deserve their adequate attention as their representatives, saying that so far they have discussed extensively on how to come up with legislations.
Rt. Hon. Abubakar Suleiman described the Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly as a nice person and however appreciated the warm reception accorded to them.
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