By Victoria Ojeme

ABUJA—The Country Director, Plan International Nigeria, Dr. Hussein Abdu, has disclosed that 14.8 million people have been affected by Boko Haram crisis in the North-East in the last six years.

Abdu also stated that seven million of that figure is in dire need of humanitarian assistance, 3.9 million of which had been covered, while 84 percent of the 2.5 million people suffering from malnutrition were children.

Dr. Abdu gave these statistics during the 2016 Day of the African Child held in Abuja.

He said over 20,000 had been killed, 2.2 million displaced, while 2.7 million children were in need of protection.

He added that one million children need access to education, with 19,000 teachers displaced.

He said: “In Borno State, over 300 schools have been damaged or destroyed and at least 196 teachers and 314 school children were killed from 2012 to 2014 December.”