Lobi Stars Vice Chairman, Mike Idoko, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Makurdi that the match was to support the state government and other donors supporting those displaced by flood in the state.
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The Tor Tiv, Prof. James Ayatse, addressed the IDPs
Ayatse, who is also the Chairman, Benue Council of Chiefs, was accompanied by the entire State Traditional Council to identify with the victims.
A NAN correspondent, who was at the camp, reports that the protesters overpowered the security guards at the camp, and blocked the camp entrance to prevent the vehicles from moving out with the materials.
Ayatse, who is also the Chairman, Benue State Council of Chiefs, was accompanied by the entire State Traditional Council to identify with the victims
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the protest started when a truck, two Hilux vans, a bus and a saloon car loaded with relief materials from the camp warehouse, were about to drive out of the camp
Abounu who also chairs the state Flood Committee made the confirmation of the removal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Makurdi.
Squadron Leader, Jeremiah Amase, Head of the medical team at the camp, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Makurdi that the patients treated so far were suffering from hypertension, malaria, diarrhea, upper and lower respiratory infections among others.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, handed over the items to the Commissioner for Health in the State, Dr. Cecilia Ojabo, in Makurdi, Benue State on Sunday
The President of the association, Chief Patrick Anegbe, while presenting the items at the Camp, which is situated at Uhogua, Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state, said the gesture was part of the group’s Corporate Social Responsibility programmes.
Bajoga said the materials diverted include: cans of paints and bags of cement and other building materials donated to the state by the Presidential Committee on the North-East Initiative.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Makurdi that the camp was in compliance with international standards.
Jose-Antonio Canhandula, UNHCR’s Country Representative to Nigeria, said in a statement in Abuja that victims of the incident were returnees, who arrived from the Minawawo Camp, Cameroon.
The statement, signed by Anna Cillers, the MSF Medical Coordinator, noted that 200 others were admitted at Muna and Dala camps’ cholera treatment centres.
Manager told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Makurdi that the camp, located at the Makurdi International Market, was “not habitable”.
SEMA’s Chairman, Alhaji Satomi Ahmad, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri.
Buru, the General Overseer of Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Fellowship, said the gesture was to assist and make them happy in the spirit of Sallah.
Ortom said the empty International Market and the Presidential Building at Agan Toll Gate would become camps for IDPs, pending when water level would subside.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that about two million persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency are taking shelter in various camps in Maiduguri and other liberated communities in the North East
The Federal Commissioner, Hajiya Sadiya Farouk, said this when she visited the National Hospital Trauma Centre on Thursday in Abuja to sympathise with victims of the fire outbreak.