NEMA Discovers Internally Displaced Persons’ Camp In Abuja

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, says it has discovered a camp of internally displaced persons in Abuja, the nations capital, set up by victims … Continue reading NEMA Discovers Internally Displaced Persons’ Camp In Abuja


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displaced personsThe National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, says it has discovered a camp of internally displaced persons in Abuja, the nations capital, set up by victims of insurgency in the north east.

According to the Zonal Coordinator of the Abuja Operations Office, Mr Ishaya Chonoko, the attention of the agency was drawn to the situation by some churches who discovered the camp during their evangelism.

Addressing journalists during a visit to the camp with relief materials during the week, Mr Ishaya revealed that the occupants of the camp were indeed those who have fled the north east region of the country and their number would continue to swell.

“The number of people living in this place in form of a camp and what the church has brought is grossly inadequate. So as an agency we decided to do, immediately, what we call the need assessment.

“Some of them are still saying that they still have their people on the way. Some are in Cameroon, some have gotten to Yola, some are in Bauchi. All of them are coming here through communication.

“So, if Government were to have set up this camp, adequate provision of security should have been made before and the whole place wouldn’t have been looking like this,” he said.

He also called on the government and well meaning groups and individuals to assist in the provision of food and clothing until a proper camp is set up for the displaced persons.