Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has announced that the Muna Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp will be closed within the next two weeks.

Muna IDP camp, established nearly 10 years ago, is one of the largest camps housing displaced persons at the height of the humanitarian crisis in the state.

Announcing the closure during an early morning visit to the camp on Monday, Governor Zulum promised to support and improve their means of livelihood.

In June 2024, the governor resettled 75 percent of the IDPs in the camp to areas where security situation improved in six local government areas of Bama, Gwoza, Jere, Konduga, Kukawa, and Ngala.

However, IDPs from areas with security challenges in Mafa and Dikwa local government areas where left in the camp.

Recently, they made appeal through the media that the governor should consider returning them to their ancestral homes if security certify the location safe for return.

During his first term, the governor pledged to close all camps within Maiduguri and its surrounding areas, a goal he has largely achieved by shutting down more than twelve camps.