A total of 2,583,000 were due to violence and conflicts as of January 2020 to date in Nigeria.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq disclosed this on Tuesday while flagging off the Psycho-Social support and empowerment training for a section of IDPs.
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The Minister, represented by one of the Deputy Directors in the ministry, Peter Audu, said the displacement comes with a lot of incidents and experiences that leave the victims or affected persons traumatized.
“Apart from leaving them traumatized, families were “separated, communities destroyed, and basic infrastructure damaged.
“The displacements have occurred in various parts of the country, coming along with its trademark of trauma and other social issues that also has a lot of impact on the mental health of affected persons.
“Basic social and economic activities in the various communities have been disrupted creating urgency for humanitarian action in the last few years.
“The programme is geared towards returning IDPs to their normal and familiar routines, engaging their mental abilities to the understanding that life is gradually normalizing and empowering them economically to help in meeting their family needs as they exit the camp,” Farouq said.
She said the Ministry is committed to ensuring that the strategic objectives of all the social intervention programs in the country are achieved.
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