The United Nations High Commission on Refugee, UNHCR, has flagged off skills acquisition training for 1,000 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Borno State, as part of its empowerment initiatives for victims of insurgency.
The World Health Organisation, WHO, has said that a total $13.5 million will be needed to cater for the health needs of peole living in Internally Displaced Persons’ Camps in Borno State.
About 9.2 million people, including women and children, are in critical conditions and in dire need of food and medical assistance in the Lake Chad Basin – Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger - as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency, the United Nations has reported.
The United Nations International Children's Education Fund, UNICEF, has said that an estimated 400,000 children under five of age are at risk of acute malnutrition in Northeastern Nigeria due to the ongoing Boko Haram crisis.
