The Executive Secretary of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, Boniface Ortese, said that 20,000 Internally Displaced Persons had been registered in the state.
Ortese told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Makurdi that the agency had already established seven IDPs camps within Makurdi, Guma, Agatu and Buruku local governments areas.
NAN reports that the camps accommodate citizens whose houses are submerged by water following the overflow of River Benue.
Ortese explained that out of the registered IDPs, 8,938 persons, comprising 6,070 children and 1,369 women, were in Makurdi camps.
Among the women, 30 are expectant mothers, while 44 are nursing mothers.
Others include 1,191 men, 14 physically challenged persons and 43 others.
Ortese said the agency was coping very well with the challenges at the camps.
The SEMA boss appealed to the National Emergency Management Agency, UNICEF and individuals to assist the government to meet up the necessary demands of the IDPs.
NAN.