Index to Nigerian Newspapers

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) reports that 3.3 million people are now internally displaced in Nigeria as a result of numerous crises. Finda Koroma, vice president of the ECOWAS Commission, stated at a stakeholder workshop on the "Best practises for stabilisation in West Africa" that the subregion needed to address the challenge of displacement. For instance, the Militant Islamist group has displaced 1.2 million people in Burkina Faso. Additionally, Boko Haram's brutal attacks in the North East have forced about 2.5 million Nigerians to flee their homes. We must devise a strategy to enable these communities to return to their houses. We established the ECOWAS fund for regional stabilisation and development in weak member states in collaboration with the German government.This program's goals are to stabilise areas that have experienced a war by giving those areas access to critical services and sustainable economic possibilities, as well as by building or renovating important national infrastructure.