Section 29: Assistance to internally displaced persons.

(1) The Commission shall -
(a) provide comprehensive packages including start-up grants for internally displaced persons who are returning, relocating or integrating locally based on the needs assessment;
(b) ensure that internally displaced persons are provided with accurate detailed and up-to-date information in a language that they understand regarding the situation in the place of return, relocation or reintegration; and
(c) designate official areas for the resettlement of internally displaced persons.
(2) The Commission shall -
(a) monitor and ensure timely intervention and humanitarian support to communities towards finding lasting solutions to internal displacement issues in Nigeria and providing enabling environment for the participation of internally displaced persons in the decision-making processes affecting their lives;
(b) engender effective cooperation and collaboration between the Commission and relevant humanitarian organisations providing interventions on internal displacement; and
(c) receive and resolve complaints, petitions and grievances of internally displaced persons or their host communities as they relate to their safety, security and well-being.
(3) The Commission shall provide transitional solutions to internally displaced persons as a temporal measure to improve the living conditions of internally displaced persons pending the attainment of sustainable durable solutions in the area of health, education, non-food items, shelter, and psycho-social support, conduct peace building initiatives, sensitisation, and any other livelihood support.
(4) The Commission shall employ both government and society based approach while conducting durable solutions, using the following principles -
(a) rights and needs-based;
(b) government led;
(c) participatory and community-based;
(d) area based;
(e) recognition of outstanding humanitarian needs;
(f) collective and comprehensive interventions;
(g) sensitivity to social inequalities caused by sex, age, disabilities and marginalisation; and
(h) sustainability.
(5) The Commission shall -
(a) promote and provide durable and sustainable solution for internally displaced persons as to their safety and dignity; and
(b) respect an informed and voluntary decision of internally displaced persons and their right to return, locally integrate or resettle elsewhere in the country.
(6) The Commission shall give consideration to the following indicators for applicable durable solutions -
(a) long-term safety and security;
(b) restoration and enjoyment of freedom of movement;
(c) enjoyment of adequate standard of living without discrimination;
(d) access to employment and livelihoods;
(e) access to effective mechanisms to restore housing, land and property;
(f) access to documentation;
(g) family reunification and location of whereabouts of missing relatives;
(h) equal participation in public affairs; and
(i) access to justice without discrimination.
(7) The Commission may, where necessary, provide as part of the durable solutions
(a) skill acquisition centers in IDP resettlement cities;
(b) warehouses and other storage facilities for safe storage of food and nonfood items;
(c) post-traumatic stress disorder center;
(d) primary health care centers and clinics to strengthen the host communities’ facilities in the internally displaced person camps and resettlement cities;
(e) reception centers for returnees and migrants;
(f) emergency learning centers for internally displaced persons;
(g) local integration packages; and
(h) any other assistance that may be necessary to facilitate durable solutions for internally displaced persons.