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IDPs In Damaturu Get NEMA’s Relief Materials

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed relief materials to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Damaturu. The materials were given to the victims … Continue reading IDPs In Damaturu Get NEMA’s Relief Materials


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A file photo of displaced people at an IDP camp in Borno State.

IDPsThe National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed relief materials to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Damaturu.

The materials were given to the victims of the Boko Haram insurgency at Kasaisa, Phase I Secretariat and some non-conventional camps of the IDPs in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital in northeast Nigeria.

Speaking after the presentation, the Assistant Coordinator of NEMA in Yobe State, Mrs Shizzer Bada, stressed the significance of the succour to the IDPs who are homeless in their fatherland.

She said NEMA, under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, would continue to distribute relief materials to the IDPs in view of their pressing needs.

Mrs Bada pointed out that the agency would strive to cover every nooks and crannies of the state, particularly disaster, flood and insurgency victims.

She said NEMA had identified the IDPs drawn from Buni-Yadi, Gujba, Gulani and neighbouring Borno State and would reach out to them as timely as possible to alleviate their sufferings.

Some of the beneficiaries applauded the efforts of the agency towards alleviating their sufferings.

Items distributed to the IDPs include; mattresses, blankets, buckets and foodstuff such as maize, millet, beans, rice, amidst several others.