ADDIS ABABA- The National Risk Disaster Commission announced that more than a million displaced people have returned back to their homes.
Mitiku Kasa, National Risk Disaster Commission Commissioner said that the mission to resettle dislocated nationals was to be administered in three phases. The first phase aimed to resettle 800,000 displaced people back to their home, fortunately with the concerted effort of responsive stakeholders; it was able to resettle more than one million people.
The second phase will continue till July 7 which aims to create enabling environment and rehabilitate the remaining displaced nationals and its performance is well in progress, the Commissioner added.
He also said that the third phase, on the other hand, emphasizes on displaced people hard of returning back to home and devising ways to settle them with aid until the far-reaching solution has been gained with joint efforts of states.
Tesfahun Alula, Oromia State Security Bureau Deputy Head on his part said that rehabilitation of displaced people is well underway in the state under the committee led by the Vise President.
According to him, the committee is established mainly drawn from education, health and security sectors. Thus, displaced people that were supposed to be rehabilitated in the state are being resettled. The rehabilitation of Gugee can be taken as a remarkable instance, he said.
Tesfahun further said that the state will continue its effort to ensure the supremacy of law. Accordingly, it has begun to bring offenders to courts. Consequently, 222 suspects are jailed.
Melaku Alebel, Amhara Regional State Industry Investment Bureau Head on his part said that 51,000 thousand individuals have been rehabilitated in the region.
He also said that 184 houses have been constructed and given for the displaced people. The program will get its end with the joint effort of the Commission and the state until July 7 -2019.
The Ethiopian Herald, June 20/2019
BY LAKACHEW ATINAFU
