National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that a total of 2,200,357 Internally Displaced Persons amounting to 452,363 displaced households are now in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria.
The agency stated that the Boko Haram insurgency, communal clashes and natural disasters were the causes of the displacements.
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NEMA made this known in its 2021 Annual Report, which was submitted by the agency to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Abuja, on Thursday, June 30.
The report read in part;
Among the human-induced disasters, the Boko Haram insurgency has resulted in the displacement of people across North-East and North-Central Nigeria adding to the pre-existing caseload of IDPs displaced by the communal clashes and natural disasters that continue to affect parts of the country.
The report of round 39 Displacement Tracking Matrix carried out in the North-East by NEMA and International Organsaation for Migration as at December 30, 2021 put the number of IDPs at 2,200,357 amounting to 452,363 displaced households.
According to the statement, the country was also vulnerable to desertification locust/insect infestations, oil spillage, epidemic, pandemic, terrorism, banditry and other man-made disasters.
The report further revealed;
While some of these disasters are rapid, others are slow-onset, resulting in catastrophic situations leading to loss of lives and property and degradation of the environment.
