The Borno State Emergency Management Agency said that 38 shelters were destroyed by fire in two Internally Displaced Persons camps at Ngala Local Government Area of the state.
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No fewer than 1,400 Internally Displaced Persons including the elderly, women and children from Fufore in Adamawa are complaining of acute food supply in the camp.
NEMA Director-General, Mustapha Maihaja, who monitored the distribution of the materials to the victims at the IDPs camp in Lokoja, said that they were the second consignment being released to the state and other affected areas across the country.
Alhaji Bashir Garga, NEMA’s Northeast Zonal Coordinator, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri that 2, 940 persons were also displaced in the attack.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar, who flagged-off the programme on Thursday at Igbogene IDPs camp in Yenagoa, said the essence was to support flood victims in the state.
Ahua said the persistent threat from Boko Haram, presence of mines and absence of basic services posed acute humanitarian and protection risks for the affected population
“The agency, in conjunction with the community leaders and parents, agreed to circumcise them at this period of cold season because it heals faster,” Jidawa said
Malam Sani Datti, the NEMA’s spokesman, told NAN that the additional two marriages were registered at Fufore and Damare IDPs’ camps in Yola
Adeoye said the gesture was the members’ support to Internally Displaced Persons, who were sacked from their homes by Boko Haram insurgents
He explained: “Security operatives and some IDPs screening entries and exit from the camp identified the suspects, who were later confirmed as insurgents by the IDPs from their communities