Due to banditry, insurgency, and other criminal activities in some parts of Northern Nigeria, particularly in Northeast, Northcentral, and Northwest have turned many households into Internally Displaced Person IDPs in their own country.
According to the International Organization for Migration IOM, in 2022, there are over 3.6 million people that were displaced in Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe. This year, thousands were equally displaced by one crisis or the other in Benue, Niger, and Plateau.
It was gathered that an estimated number of Internally Displaced Persons in Benue, Niger, and Plateau states in 2023 alone stood at about 548,751.
A report by the Gideon and Funmi Para-Mallam Peace Foundation which was released on July 14, 2023, indicates that as of July 2023, Plateau State has no fewer than 18,751 Internally Displaced Persons from eight local government areas of the state.
Similarly, the report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which was released on July 20, 2023, shows that as of last month, there an estimated 230,000 IDPs were in various camps in Benue State from 16 LGAs of the State, while Niger State has an estimated 300,000 IDPs.
Many of the IDPs are now living in overcrowded camps that lack necessities, such as food, water, and healthcare.
Commenting on the development, the spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency, Ezekiel Manzo, said the government has commenced an emergency intervention programme to cover all 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The interventions are many, for instance, NEMA has commenced the distribution of relief items under a Special National Economic Livelihood Emergency Intervention approved by the Federal Government for households affected by the 2022 flood.
“The distribution has commenced in Taraba, Bauchi, and Gombe states and will cover the 36 states and the FCT for beneficiaries in communities affected by the 2022 flood across the country.
“NEMA had recently conducted verification of the target beneficiaries in collaboration with the various State Emergency Management Agencies,” he said.
He added that the agency had distributed relief materials to IDPs: “They include food and non-food items, livelihood support tools; and seedlings will be directly distributed to the beneficiaries to enhance their socio-economic resilience.”
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