Borno IDPs receive food items from Saudi government

The government of Saudi Arabia has donated food items to internally displaced persons in Borno state, a donation which is the second from the country.

Saudi government intends to put at least seventy thousand food baskets in the hands of internally displaced persons across the state, Channels TV reports.

Legit.ng gathers that Bakassi IDP camp, which houses 39,000 displaced persons from five local governments of the state, is where the flag off for the second phase of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief center took place.

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According to the Borno state emergency agency, the donation is coming at a time when the state is faced with fresh displacement in the northern part of the state.

The King Salman Humanitarian and Relief Center said they would also take their intervention to Adamawa and Yobe states.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that internally displaced persons from Baga camp on Tuesday, February 5, took to the streets of Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno state.

The protesters during the incident, barricaded a major highway - Maiduguri/Kano Expressway to register their displeasure.

The protest was based on allegations of hunger and poor treatment of the displaced persons by officials of the Shettima Ali Monguno Teachers Village camp who handle their welfare.

Some of the displaced person who spoke on the matter said trouble started in the camp when officials of the International Committee on Red Cross (ICRC) visited the location to distribute food and relief items.

According to them, the government only gave them food ration of a measure of rice and beans and some cooking condiments.

They said they had overtime being abandoned by both the state and the federal government despite the inadequacy of the rations made available.

It was also gathered that the officials of the international agency used records collated by some officials of the camp and this did not go well with the dwellers.

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An aged woman, Rakiya Abubakar, said the displaced persons were not happy when the ICRC officials came to announce their mode of items distribution.

Abubakar said: "When the Red Cross (ICRC) came to announce that they would be sharing food for us, we were happy because the hunger has been too much to bear."

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