Refugees commission inaugurates library in Kebbi IDPs’ school

Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Hajiya Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, said the commission has initiated projects to enhance learning in displaced persons camps across the country.

She said that its Project Educate All was initiated to provide access to education to displaced persons nationwide.

Suleiman-Ibrahim said while interactinh with newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Sunday that the initiative included the provision of libraries in primary schools.

The commissioner, who inaugurated one of such libraries at Eastern Byepass Primary School, behind Oando in Birnin Kebbi, said the intervention was for IDPs, migrants, refugees, returnees and people at risk of becoming stateless.

The commission also distributed food and non-food items to 500 households, mostly IDPs, in the area.

“This library is part of Project Educate All. Our mandate in the agency is the provision of durable solutions for all persons of concern, whenever disaster affects education.

“So, Project Educate All is tailored to improve access to learning, especially for people that are experiencing all sorts of displacements.

“It is working in terms of strengthening schools in communities where IDPs are, offering scholarship, tuition fees, payment of NECO and WAEC fees, and construction of libraries.”

According to her, library is the starting point of learning as it helps students to discover themselves and actualise their dreams.

“This is the third library, we are still in piloting phase, we intend to work with other state governments to ensure that we replicate this across board.

“We are very ambitious, we will build many libraries as much as we can across the nation,” the commissioner added.

Earlier, Executive Secretary, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Alhaji Umar Hassan appreciated the commission for providing the library and pledged to stock it.