IDP's in Borno protest against poor feeding system
Fri Aug 26, 2016 07:51:am National
2.1K By Buchi Obichie
A large protest was staged in Borno on Thursday by Internally Displaced Persons, IDP's, in the State, over their poor feeding system.
The protesters- hundreds of them- caused traffic gridlock, when they blocked some major roads in the State's capital, Maiduguri, between 9am and 1pm.
The protesters claimed that the feeding system was causing shortage of food at the Arabic Teachers College camp in the state capital.
Consequently, the Borno State Government has now scrapped the central feeding programme of the Internally Displaced Persons in the camps in the state.
Speaking with journalists during the protest, some of the displaced persons alleged that foodstuffs had been in short supply as food meant for them was diverted by officials.
They called for the removal of the members of the central feeding committee.
The protesters chanted, "We're hungry and we don't want any feeding committee again because they aren't giving us quality food. Give us our foods directly."
The protesters also refused to accept several appeals by the police to disperse from the road until the arrival of the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Usman Durkwa, who doused the tension.
Durkwa, who was returning from another IDP's camp in the capital to supervise feeding of displaced persons, announced the immediate suspension of the central feeding committee at the camp and the introduction of household feeding.
According to the Deputy Governor, each family would henceforth be receiving foodstuffs from the State Government.
Speaking with newsmen later, Durkwa said Government had already moved trucks of foodstuffs to the camp to start the household feeding programme.
The protesters- hundreds of them- caused traffic gridlock, when they blocked some major roads in the State's capital, Maiduguri, between 9am and 1pm.
The protesters claimed that the feeding system was causing shortage of food at the Arabic Teachers College camp in the state capital.
Consequently, the Borno State Government has now scrapped the central feeding programme of the Internally Displaced Persons in the camps in the state.
Speaking with journalists during the protest, some of the displaced persons alleged that foodstuffs had been in short supply as food meant for them was diverted by officials.
They called for the removal of the members of the central feeding committee.
The protesters chanted, "We're hungry and we don't want any feeding committee again because they aren't giving us quality food. Give us our foods directly."
The protesters also refused to accept several appeals by the police to disperse from the road until the arrival of the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Usman Durkwa, who doused the tension.
Durkwa, who was returning from another IDP's camp in the capital to supervise feeding of displaced persons, announced the immediate suspension of the central feeding committee at the camp and the introduction of household feeding.
According to the Deputy Governor, each family would henceforth be receiving foodstuffs from the State Government.
Speaking with newsmen later, Durkwa said Government had already moved trucks of foodstuffs to the camp to start the household feeding programme.
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