Don’t be tired of helping IDPs, Humanity First urged Nigerians

Nigerians have been urged not to be tired of assisting the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the country and should rather improve on helping them before they would be resettled in their states.

The Naib Amir (Vice President) and Head of Northern Region, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Nigeria, (AMJN), Dr. Yaqeen Habeeb, made the plea yesterday when he led a delegation of the Humanity First, Nigeria a relief organisation to the New Kuchingoro IDPs camp, Airport Road, Abuja.

Humanity First, Nigeria in collaboration with Humanity First, Canada donated N2million worth of food items including bags of rice, noodles and cooking oil, apart from clothes and shoes to inhabitants of the camp.

Habbeb said they were in Durumi last year and have been to seven states across the country visiting the IDPs camps which is different from its interventions in the country including the free eye surgery in Kano and other areas.

“We should not be tired of helping them as they do not have means of livelihood. We are living in our houses, but they have been displaced, it is our responsibility to see that they are taken care of before they would be resettled to their homes,” Habeeb said.

He also said the government should not be solely blamed for the delay in returning the IDPs to their homes, saying government may want to put necessary facilities in place as it would be unfair to return where their condition would be similar or worse than when they were in the camps.

Mr. Aiga Ayuba and Mrs. Ladi Mathias received the donations on behalf of the leaders of the camp.