Federal Government says it remains
committed in its efforts to ensure that all
IDPs are well catered for wherever they
are.
FG says that through NEMA, it 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 report was made available in a press
release issued by the Senior Special
Assistant, Media & Publicity, to the Vice
President, Laolu Akande on Thursday in
Abuja.

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) Borno Yobe Adamawa
Rice – 3,900 3,600 900
Millet – 700 600 300
Guinea corn – 700 600 300
Iodized Salt – 800 600 600
Vegetable oil – 250 200 200
Indomie N. – 1,100 1000 500
Items(Qty) Bauchi Gombe Taraba
Rice – 900 900 900
Millet – 300 300 300
Guinea corn – 300 300 300
Iodized Salt – 600 600 600
Vegetable oil – 200 200 200
Indomie N. – 500 500 500
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) Non-food Items (Qty)
Rice (25kg) bags – 450 Mattresses – 800
Beans (5kg) bags – 400 Blankets – 500
Maize grits (25kg) – 400 Nylon mats –
500
Millet (25kg) bags – 200 Plastic buckets –
1,000
Sorghum (25kg) – 200 Plastic spoons –
1,000
Spaghetti – 750 Plastic cups – 1,000
Maggi – 50 Plastic plates – 1,000
Tin tomatoes – 810 Plastic slippers –
1,000
Vegetable oil (kegs) – 102 Men’s wears –
2,000
Palm oil – 102 Bath soaps – 63
Salt – 50 Bath towels – 1,000
Sugar – 50
Milk – 460
Milo – 460
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.

Culled from NTA