The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, NCFRMI, has distributed relief items to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Cross Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa states.
The NCFRMI National Commissioner, Basheer Mohammed, made the disclosure in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Sadiq Abdullateef, on Wednesday.
According to the statement, the items disbursed include food items, clothes, educational pack, water sanitation items, shelter materials, agricultural inputs and palliatives.
The beneficiaries include over 3,000 IDPs from Etung and Ogoja camps in Cross Rivers state; over 2,000 IDPs also benefited from Oron camp in Akwa Ibom state and over 1,000 displaced persons from Yenagoa camps in Bayelsa state.
The commissioner, who was represented by an IDPs dept official of the commission, Obianuju Igboko in Cross Rivers, said the commission is totally concerned about the plight of displaced persons especially during the rainy season and it would continue to provide the necessary amenities for a better living condition.
Other representatives are; admin officer of the commission, Chinwe Vivian Nwachukwu for the Akwa Ibom disbursement and one of the commission’s medical personnel, Dr Ohwoekevwo George for the Bayelsa distribution.
