By Ndahi Marama

MAIDUGURI— African Centre for Human Rights and Humanitarian Services, ACHRH, yesterday, lamented the “massive displacement” of people from towns and villages in Borno State into Maiduguri, for safety and accommodation, urging the Federal Government to urgently address the humanitarian crises at resettlement camps.

A source from the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, yesterday in Maiduguri, said the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, were the result of the attack on towns and villages of Bama, Konduga, Gwoza, Marte, Damboa, Kauwuri, and nine other villages and communities.

At a briefing in Maiduguri, Chairman of ACHRH, Saina Buba, said the recent happenings in the North-East sub-region of the country had compounded human right abuses, poverty, starvation and breakdown of unity among families in the state.

According to him, “I wonder why the committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to raise fund is yet to visit Borno, even as many families have been displaced from their homes and communities.

“Some of the problems afflicting our people are directly attributable to terrorists while others are caused by bad government measures. The reign of terror in the North-East has negatively impacted on agriculture and feeding.

“In fact, we are now facing food emergency. Our people are not even asking for good roads, electricity or a befitting house to live in. They are only asking for right to life and live in their villages. But from all indications, these simple rights are no longer possible.”

Buba said until the Federal Government equipped the Nigerian Armed Forces and motivated them to confront the Boko Haram insurgents in their enclaves, the insurgency problem would continue.