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Food
Abuja, Nov. 23, 2016 (NAN) The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), in collaboration with the Nigerian Committee of Red Cross (NCRC), said it supported 966,084 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in North East and Middle Belt with food rations to last for three months.
The information is in the “Fact and Figures” report of the ICRC covering January to October 2016, made available to journalists participating in a two-day “Humanitarian Reporting” workshop organised by the ICRC on Wednesday in Abuja.
The report noted that beneficiaries comprised of IDPs, returnees and residents in the affected areas of North East and Middle Belt.
It indicated that 282,381 returnees in the affected areas were provided with agricultural inputs to start farming.
The report also showed that 144, 504 IDPs in Borno and Yobe states, as well as victims of urban violence in Port Harcourt, were given cash assistance to enable them to purchase their priority commodities.
In the area of shelter, the report stated that some returnees in Mubi (Adamawa) and people affected by communal clashes in Kaduna and Bangai in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau were supported to rebuild 448 houses, while 32,700 IDPs living in camps in Adamawa and Borno were provided with 5,050 temporary emergency shelters
In the area of health, it showed that 14,035 children were delivered in ICRC supported clinics, while 396,216 patients attended 24 of its supported Primary Healthcare centres and mobile clinics in North East, Middle Belt and Niger Delta.
The ICRC also said that it provided training on International Humanitarian Law to 3,359 army and police personnel deployed to the North East, Middle Belt and Niger Delta. (NAN)
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