United Nations resident humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon has appealed to all the humanitarian development partners and stakeholders to brace up to the required standard in order to adequately serve internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the north east.
Kallon stated this during the monthly humanitarian stakeholders meeting held in Maiduguri Thursday.
He said: “We need to have a better understanding of the gapped in the services we are providing for the displaced persons in the camp. We don’t have a better understanding of the gaps, we also need to provide services base on international best practices.
“We are not meeting the best standard its require we must work together to provides better services. One thing that is very clear whatever we have done and what we are doing currently its way below international standard.
“We are meeting right to look at the issues of urgency, 89,000 need to be relocated and we need more than 28 hectares of land, 20,110 people are sleeping outside without shelters,
“I went to Bama I am shocked with what I have seen. Damboa shows another ugly face with over 10,000 without shelters.
Camps are over congested.
“We are under so much pressure to improve on what we are doing. We should not be too proud that we have extremely well, there is still a lot needs to be done.
“And I call on NEMA and SEMA that is the area we need to work with the international community to bridge the gap.
“I am seriously worried about the efficiency and effectiveness of what we are doing to address displacement in Northeast we should better and we must do better.” Kallon said.
In his remarks, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Director General, Engineer Maihajja Mustapha disclosed that the agency has recorded over 45,000 internally displaced persons (IFPs) that have no shelter and are living in open places across Borno State.
Maihajja who was represented by the Director of Planning and Strategy, NEMA, Mr.Kayode Fagbemi added that the recent challenges were as a result of the large number of arrival of new Internally displaced persons from the Boko haram insurgents enclaves.
