Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that the insecurity occasioned by incessant ambushes and attacks by the Boko Haram sect had continued to affect its operations.
Speaking to newsmen in Yola, the North-east Coordinator of the Agency, Alhaji Mohammed Kanar, said ambushes and attacks had affected their operations in some parts of Borno and Yobe states as they could not reach some communities that were ransacked or attacked by gunmen.
The coordinator said “we will be leading a coalition of partners to among others provide psychosocial therapy to stabilise the parents of the victims and prepare them to offer the necessary assistance to their children, when they are released.”
He said: “We will also provide immediate diagnosis and treatment to the victims to ensure total health, including their sexual and reproductive health. We will initiate programmes that will encourage the girl’s re-integration to the education system to enable them complete their education.”
He said in the coming days, NEMA with a coalition of partners would build the capacity of a core team in Borno on emergency Humanitarian Response in line with United Nations’ guidelines and also conduct mapping and situational analysis to provide relevant information that would inform a robust response.
He added: “We have to tread with caution because some places are no-go areas,” he said, adding that the gesture to assist the affected communities was in compliance with the directive of the director-general of the agency, Muhammad Sani-Sidi.
He said in Borno, relief materials were distributed in places like Maiduguri, Marte, Baga, Gwoza and Bama, while that of Ngamborou-Gala would be done at a later date.
“In Yobe, we gave relief materials in places like Gashua, Damaturu and Potiskum, while in Adamawa, we presented them in Madagali, Yola, Mubi and some other places.”