By Mohammed Kandi
Further to the humanitarian response of the Federal
Government to communities affected by the security challenges in the country's North East zone, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has deployed relief assistance to displaced Nigerians who fled into the nearby Republic of Niger to provide them with immediate succor.
NEMA said last week only 126 Nigerians fled to the Republic of Niger.
NEMA Director-General, Muhammad Sani Sidi, confirmed that the Agency is responding to the humanitarian needs of the displaced Nigerians to alleviate their conditions.
A press statement yesterday by NEMA Press Officer, Manzo Ezekiel, said the basic needs of the refugees were identified by a special assessment carried out by a team of the Agency that was dispatched to the Republic of Niger country.
The statement explained that the assessment was carried out along with officials of the Nigerian Embassy in Niamey, Nigerien authorities and resident representatives of United Nations OCHA, UNHCR and the Red Cross.
According to the statement, the relief intervention will also ease the pressure brought on local resources of the host communities by the refugees.
Most of the refugees, he said were found to be in Bosso and its environs in the Diffa region of that country.
The statement reiterated the commitment of the Agency to provide necessary support to Nigerians in distress within and outside the country.
The relief deployed to Niger Republic comprise food, non-food items and medication.
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