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ICRC Provides Emergency Relief to 4,300 Newly Displaced
Households in Monguno
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has provided
emergency relief items to 4,300 households in Monguno town that
were recently displaced by the armed conflict in Borno State.
A spokesperson of ICRC in Abuja, Aliyu Dawobe in a statement
said the families had fled the violence, leaving everything behind
them.
“We’ve supported a total number of 4,392 families with mats,
blankets, clothes, solar lamps, cooking equipment and hygiene kits
among others, to allow them to cover their basic needs” said Sadiq
Baba Ahmed, ICRC’s Economic Security Field Officer in Monguno.
“For months, our people have been subjected to a lot of
suffering, most of them without a single mat to put their heads
on”, said Musa Haruna, community leader in Fulatari Camp where
about 1,500 households received ICRC’s relief items.
There are currently more than a dozen of internally displaced
persons (IDP) camps in Monguno town – all of which are
overstretched. “Since December 2018, we have witnessed a huge
influx of IDPs, mostly from Kukawa Local Government. These people
have been forced out of their homes due to the hostilities and are
in a dire situation”, said Mr Ahmed.
The ICRC is also in the process of constructing 2,000 family
shelters in some of the camps and is supporting clinics in
Monguno.
By PRNigeria