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35,000 IDPs from Adamawa and Taraba taking refuge in Plateau State.

National Emergency Management Agency has said no fewer than 35,000 Internally Displaced Persons from Adamawa and Taraba states are currently taking refuge in Plateau State.

North Central Zonal Information Officer of the agency, Mr. Audu Yohana, said in a statement in Jos on Monday that the refugees in the state also included those displaced in Yobe and Borno states as a result of the present insurgency in the North Eastern part of the country.

The statement reads in parts, “A comprehensive assessment by the National Emergency Management Agency indicates that the IDPs are camping in different locations across five local government areas of Plateau State.

“In Wase, Kanam, Shendam and Mikan local Government Areas, 11,000 internally Displaced Persons from Taraba State are camping in different locations across the four local government areas.

“From Adamawa State, 24,000 Internally Displaced Persons are presently camping in different locations across Jos North and Jos South Local Government Areas of the state.”

He said the agency had concluded the needs assessment of the IDPs and had sent its report to the Director General of the agency for immediate release of relief materials to ameliorate the situation of the IDPs.

“The IDPs, who mostly are women and children, fled the troubled states as a result of the recent activities in the two states,” the statement added…

NEMA Nigeria

All correspondences should be addressed to: Public Relations Division, National Emergency Management Agency, No. 8, Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent Maitama, Abuja Email: nemapress@yahoo.com or info@nema.gov.ng

One Comment

  1. Good Morning,

    Can you supply us with up-to-date statistics on Internally Placed People in Nigeria: from which states they came, where they are now and how many?

    Thanking you in advance,

    Jonny Jacobsen
    Agence France-Presse
    Graphics service
    Paris

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