PeacePro Warns Of Preventable Disease Outbreaks, Humanitarian Disaster At Northwest IDP Camps
The Foundation for Peace Professionals (PeacePro) has warned of looming disease risks and a worsening humanitarian crisis at internally displaced persons (IDP) camps across the Northwest, calling for urgent intervention to provide food, safe drinking water, shelter, sanitation and healthcare to the displaced families.
In a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by its Executive Director, Mr Abdulrazaq Hamzat, PeacePro said field observations in Zamfara, Katsina and Sokoto States raised serious concerns about the welfare of displaced people, many of whom have reportedly established makeshift settlements after fleeing banditry with inadequate government support.
The organization noted that it encountered more than 30 IDP camps during a visit to Sokoto State, including the Sabon Birni area.
‘In Zamfara, we identified settlements at Tsunami Camp, Government Secondary School, Tsunami, Mareri, Tudun Wada and Unguwar Gwaza in Gusau, as well as camps in Anka, Lalan and Premier. We are also raising concerns about displaced populations in Katsina State’ the organization said.
PeacePro warned that inadequate food, unsafe drinking water, poor shelter, deficient sanitation and limited access to healthcare could expose camp residents to preventable diseases and other serious health emergencies calling for urgent medical assessments, disease surveillance, essential medicines and the immediate provision of basic relief supplies.
The organization linked the humanitarian crisis to the wider impact of banditry, which has forced residents to abandon more than 500 communities across the Northwest noting however, that the immediate priority must be the survival and welfare of displaced people already living at the IDP camps.
PeacePro urged the Federal Government, the Zamfara, Katsina and Sokoto State Governments, emergency management agencies and humanitarian organizations to assess the camps urgently, identify underserved settlements and mobilise emergency assistance. It also called for transparent reporting on identified needs and the relief delivered.
The statement warned that the humanitarian consequences of insecurity must not be overlooked, stressing that people forced to flee violence should not be left without the basic necessities required to survive with dignity.
PeacePro also called for a coordinated and sustained humanitarian response, alongside security measures that would enable displaced communities to return home safely when conditions permit-.Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
