The Borno State Government on Thursday
scrapped the central feeding programme of the Internally Displaced
Persons in camps in the state.
The decision of the government followed a
protest by a large number of the IDPs on some major roads in
Maiduguri, the state campaign over their feeding system.
Hundreds of the displaced persons, the
majority of who are women, IDPs took to the streets between 9am and 1pm
on Thursday, barricading the Maiduguri-Kano/Jos Road, the major road
leading into the town, to protest what they claimed was shortage of food
supply at the Arabic Teachers College camp in the state capital.
The protesters obstructed vehicular movement and grounded business activities in the town as commuters were unable to pass.
Some of the protesters who spoke to
journalists alleged that foodstuffs had been in short supply as food
meant for them were diverted by officials.
They called for the removal of the members of the central feeding committee.
The protesters chanted, “We’re hungry
and we don’t want any feeding committee again because they aren’t giving
us quality food. Give us our foods directly.”
The protesters also refused to accept
several appeals by the police to disperse from the road until the
arrival of the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Usman Durkwa, who doused the
tension.
IDPs protest poor feeding in Borno
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