In continued fulfilment of its commitment to ensure that all IDPs are well catered for wherever they are, the Federal Government through NEMA has distributed thousands of bags of essential food and non-food items to Nigerians in Cameroon, Chad and Niger, according to a report by the Presidency.
The list of food
items distributed to the camps in the three countries include amongst
others:
12, 332 bags of
parboiled rice/rice;
6, 084 bags of
maize;
6,156 bags of
millet;
5,180 bags of
granulated sugar;
2,000 bags of salt
(25kg);
800 bags of
semolina;
4,016 bags of
beans;
9,800 cartoons of
Indomine noodles;
1,800 cartoons of
powdered milk;
800 cartoons of
spaghetti;
2,000 vegetable oil
(20 litres);
2,180 cartoons of
Omo detergents;
600 kegs of palm
oil and
400 cartoons of
3-in-1 tea
The monthly report
for August indicated that non-food items supplied to the camps in the three
countries from 2015 to date include medical and non-medical supplies such as
antibiotics, antifungal, anti-malaria, Anthelmintic, NSAID, non-SAID
Analgesics, Antitussives and Antithasmine drugs.
There were also eye
drops, anti-diabetic drugs, Antacid drugs, multivitamin, laboratory
consumables, blankets, mattresses, mosquito nets, men’s and women’s wears.
In Minawao,
Cameroon alone, 48,400 bags and cartoons of non-food items like medium and
small mattresses, pillows, mosquito nets, blankets, towels, guinea brocade,
nylon mats, plastic plates, cups, spoons and buckets, Omo detergents, washing
soaps, bathroom slippers, pampers as well as exercise books pencils and textbooks
were distributed to IDPs.
In the report
titled Monthly Report Of Federal Government
Actions In The North East States Affected By Boko Haram, the Senior
Special Assistant to the President (SSA-P) on IDPs in the Vice President’s
Office, Dr Mariam Masha, stated that the National Humanitarian Coordination
Forum (NHCF) is effectively addressing the welfare of IDPs in these areas.
The Forum,
partnering with critical stakeholders, establishes important intervention
mechanisms to check and mitigate the incidence and negative effects of flooding
on the IDPs in Borno, Yobe and Bauchi States.
NHCF humanitarian
interventions covers areas such as health, nutrition, food security, water,
education, protection, sanitation and hygiene across the States affected by
insurgency in the North East region.
The report showed
that the Federal Government through the bold initiative of the military has
constructed a temporary school for IDPs in the Bama camp and deployed teachers
for a population of over 3,000 children.
The military also provided solar boreholes
in Dikwa, Gamboru, Monguno, Marte, Mafe Gwoa, Buni Yadi, Bulla, Allargano and
in several other communities in Borno State.
The scale of
humanitarian efforts by the military also cover road construction and
reconstruction, donation of educational materials to schools as well as
rehabilitation of worship centres and markets in Adamawa and Yobe States.
The report also
noted that the military through the Office of the National Security Adviser
(ONSA) has formed a working group which is to develop a policy framework and
national action plan in preventing and countering violent extremism
Commending the
commitment of the UN System for its various humanitarian and policy
initiatives, Dr. Masha noted that the World Bank organised a workshop towards
developing a strategic plan which will assist the Federal Government to
effectively articulate and implement its programmes for the North East.
Also, the World
Bank and the Federal Ministry of Health are to collaborate with the military
and civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) to vaccinate children in all accessible
LGAs in Borno State in support of government’s Polio Response Plan.
National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA), according to the report, relocated a total of
23,391 IDPs from schools that were initially used as camps to new sites in
Bakassi and Dalori IDP camps in Maiduguri. Similarly, the Federal Ministry of
Education provided emergency classroom supplies for learners in Borno State
communities such as Konduga (675), Bama (2500), Dikwa (500), Damboa (500) and
Monguno (500).
The report which
noted the interventions by the Presidential Initiative for the North East
(PINE), showed that displaced persons also received from PINE, various food
items ( rice, millet, guinea corn, maize, iodized salt, vegetable oil and
Indomie noodles) were distributed to the six (6) frontline States as
follows:
Items(Qty)
Rice -
Millet -
Guinea
corn - 700
Iodized
Salt - 800
Vegetable oil
- 250
Indomie
N. - 1,100
Items(Qty) Bauchi
Rice -
Millet -
Guinea
corn 300
Iodized
Salt - 600
Vegetable oil
- 200 200
Indomie
N. - 500
In Michika LGA,
1,780 IDP households benefited from package consisting of food and non-food
items and 2,000 bags of 25kg rice for IDPs were supplied to Gujiba and Gulani
towns all in Adamawa State.
As for Gombe,
several bags of food were supplied to the State for the Operation Safe Corridor
in the reporting period as follows:
Food Items
(Qty)
Rice
(25kg) bags
- 450
Mattresses -
Beans (5kg)
bags -
400
Blankets -
Maize grits
(25kg) -
400 Nylon
mats - 500
Millet (25kg)
bags - 200
Plastic
buckets - 1,000
Sorghum
(25kg) - 200
Plastic
spoons - 1,000
Spaghetti
Maggi
Tin
tomatoes -
Vegetable oil
(kegs) - 102
Palm
oil -
Salt
Sugar
Milk
Milo
It would be
recalled that Operation Safe Corridor (OSC) is a programme set up by the
Federal Government in its bid to war against insurgency in the North East. The
objective of the programme is equally to enhance government efforts to
rehabilitate and re-integrate surrendered and repentant terrorist members in
the region.
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