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According to the Executive Secretary of the State Rehabilitation and Emergency Management Board, Alhaji Bashir Nikel, the Kano State Government said it would accommodate refugees evacuated from the Central African Republic whose families had not been identified.
Nikel said that although people from across the state had been coming forward to claim the refugees, those whose families could not be identified ``will become government’s property.
"We will do our best to locate the families of those being evacuated and we will accommodate those who have not been claimed,” he said.
The executive secretary said the state rehabilitation centre at Mariri would be used to accommodate the unclaimed refugees.
He, however, said that the infants and children amongst them would be taken to the children’s home and would be placed under the care of the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development.
About 413 refugees were on Monday transported to Kano from Abuja, most of whom women and children.
The refugees have been temporarily put in the custody of the Kano State Hisbah Board where they are being screened in order to locate their relations.
Nikel said that although people from across the state had been coming forward to claim the refugees, those whose families could not be identified ``will become government’s property.
"We will do our best to locate the families of those being evacuated and we will accommodate those who have not been claimed,” he said.
The executive secretary said the state rehabilitation centre at Mariri would be used to accommodate the unclaimed refugees.
He, however, said that the infants and children amongst them would be taken to the children’s home and would be placed under the care of the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development.
About 413 refugees were on Monday transported to Kano from Abuja, most of whom women and children.
The refugees have been temporarily put in the custody of the Kano State Hisbah Board where they are being screened in order to locate their relations.
