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State government sets aside money for IDPs

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    The government of the state of Ondo in western Nigeria has released some 18 million naira (about US $180,000) for building houses for members of the Ijaw minority displaced as a result of clashes with another community, the Ilaje, 'The Guardian' reported on Tuesday. The Lagos newspaper said the chairman of the Committee for the Rehabilitation and Reconciliation of Ilaje and Ijaw, Adebiyi Adekeye, made the disclosure while handing over materials and equipment for building houses to Ijaw representatives. He also said the federal government should help the affected areas given the amount of destruction caused by the crisis.

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