Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living in Durumi, Abuja on Friday called on relevant authorities to hasten their relocation back to their communities. The IDPs told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that they had been faced with untold hardship, which had make life unbearable for them and called for help to improve their livelihood. “There are times when we have to sleep with hunger, other times we have to exchange what we have for what we need. Ayuba called on the FCT administration to register all pregnant IDPs in government-owned hospitals to enable them attend antenatal clinics toward protecting the unborn child and the mother. NAN reports that the IDPs from Borno, Adamawa and Yobe have also been living in the camps since 2013 when insurgents ravaged their communities.

Source: The Guardian January 05, 2018 10:41 UTC