Sodiq Ojuroungbe Internally Displaced Persons in Shiroro, Munya and Rafi camps have accused the Niger State government of negligence, claiming that their conditions were getting worse by the day. The refugees voiced their complaints during a visit by the Niger State Correspondents Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists to the IDP camps in Gwada and Kuta, Shiroro Local Council. The Shiroro Internally Displaced Persons Desk Officer and Coordinator, Yusuf Kuta, while addressing newsmen, listed some of the challenges confronting the camps, noting that a good number of unspecified victims, mostly women reside outside the facility.
He hinted that attacks on rural communities by bandits and Boko Haram terrorists had affected 42 settlements across the three councils. Kuta revealed that 50 malnourished children are undergoing treatment owing to a lack of adequate foods for breastfeeding women and called for urgent intervention from relevant authorities. He, however, lauded the Nigerian Red Cross for its recent support.
“Kuta IDP camp has been in existence since 2019. And to the glory of Allah, we are managing it. But the IDPs here are suffering because their communities have been burnt down by bandits.
Some of them are sick and currently in the hospital, and we don’t have adequate drugs. “About 80 people sleep in one classroom. You know that can cause diseases and sicknesses,” Kuta added.
He said the council chairman recently supported them with some drugs but that they d.