Boko Haram: 373,479 IDPs enumerated for food distribution in Northeast

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has so far enumerated and validated 373,479 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) representing 63,966 households in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa States.
This is under the Federal Government’s Emergency Food Intervention of 40,000 Metric Tonnes of Grains, currently ongoing in the North East.

A statement from Alhaji Sani Datti, Head Media and public relations NEMA said, in partnership with the State Emergency Management Agencies (SEMAs), Vvlunteers and some IDPs in the past one-month had been enumerating and distributing food items to the affected persons at their doorsteps.
A total of 144,406 IDPs representing 24,068 households have so far been enumerated in Yobe State; in Adamawa a total of 17,892 IDPs representing 4,656 households have also been enumerated, while 211,451 representing 35,242 households have so far been enumerated in Borno state.‎

The food distributions, which started in Borno, have so far reached 18,000 households in Teachers Village, Bakassi, Dalori II, Magcolis and Goni Kachalari IDP camps, while the distribution is still on going in CAN EYN and Farm Centre IDP camps.

The enumeration in Bauchi, Gombe and Taraba states is starting this week according to the report.
The statement said “one of the critical aspects of the intervention was to identify and confirm the number of displaced persons in various states in the North East for effective planning and the need to verify same to ensure effectiveness of the programmes”.
It further that since the commencement of the exercise, no loss or diversion of food items had been recorded, adding that an unprecedented delivery success rate had been achieved.

It will recall that the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo on June 8, 2017, flagged off the food distribution project in Maiduguri, Borno.
The event marked the introduction of the Door-to-Door food distribution system in the management of IDPs in Nigeria.