Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr. Emmanuel Shior, disclosed this on Thursday during the distribution of relief materials to over 1.5 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
Shior lamented the worsening humanitarian challenge the attacks had caused the state even as he lamented how the state would take care of the IDPs.
He said, “If you look at our data, children are not included with the exception of communities that are located within Makurdi and its environs. Like at Abagena IDP camp, we have an emergency school there. In Daudu camp 1 and 2 and at Ukpiam camp, we have a small number of children, but locations like Umenger and Torkula in Mbadwem council ward, the number of children is small.
“The same thing in Logo, Agatu, Okpokwu and Kwande Local Government areas respectively among others. So, for the communities that are affected by the crisis, the number of children in school is about 20 per cent.”
He, however, commended humanitarian agencies and spirited individuals for their support to the state government, stressing that the burden the state has carried in caring for the victims was enormous and required the active backing of the federal government.
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