Yobe Resettlement Committee distributes relief items to IDPs

The Yobe State Committee on Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons on Saturday distributed food and non-food items to internally displaced persons in 14 communities within Damaturu Local Government area.

Alhaji Musa Jidawa, secretary of the committee, said the items, comprising 600 bags of maize, 300 bags of rice, 100 Jerry cans of oil and 600 wrappers, were provided by Yobe government.

He said that the gesture was aimed at cushioning the hardship of the IDPs that were yet to relocate to their communities.
Jidawa said the committee, under the chairmanship of the deputy governor, Abubakar Aliyu, had carefully considered the IDPs in the host communities for assistance.

According to him, the donation is in continuation of assistance provided by government to displaced persons living in host communities, either with relations, friends or well-wishers.

The secretary assured that the gesture would also be extended to IDPs in other host communities

The secretary said the committee had also provided food and non-food items as assistance to displaced persons who had relocated to their communities.

Malam Bulama Usman, community leader in Malamatari, commended the state government for assisting displaced persons .

“This assistance has come at a critical time when it is in dire need by the beneficiaries” Bulama said