The North South Power Foundation, part of the Shiroro Hydroelectric Power Station, donated food items worth ₦30 million to 13 camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Munya and Shiroro Local Government Areas of Niger State.
The IDPs have been staying in these camps for over six years because their home communities are unsafe due to insecurity.
Dr. Kemi Adekanye, who leads the North South Power Foundation, said they visited the camps recently and saw that the people still lacked basic things. She spoke while giving out the items to the different camps.
Dr. Adekanye, represented by Dr. Samson Esumeh, a public relations consultant for the company, said the donation is part of the foundation’s efforts to help the displaced people.
She said, “We care about the well-being of the IDPs and we want to keep supporting them. This is something we do regularly now. We want to make sure they are healthy and happy.”
Dr. Adekanye also said the donation supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially the goal to end hunger and provide food for all.
She listed the donated items as bags of rice, corn, gari, sugar, beans, Maggi cubes, cartons of tomato paste, gallons of red oil, vegetable oil, and salt.
She added that 119 packages were given to camps in Shiroro, 119 in Mararaba, 137 in Gwada, and 137 in Kuta.
Mr. Aminu Najume, Chairman of Munya Local Government, thanked the foundation and said both the state and federal governments had worked hard to resettle the IDPs.
He also mentioned that security had improved in Munya, and people could now move around more freely than before.
Sanusi Musa, Secretary of Shiroro Local Government, also thanked the foundation for always supporting the IDPs. He said the state government was working to help the people return to their homes.
Hussaini Alhassan, who oversees the Gwada IDP camp, said there are two camps in Gwada with 748 people displaced from 78 different communities.
He said the IDPs face serious problems like lack of healthcare and not enough food. He also mentioned that some children had died recently in the camps.
Yusuf Kuta, who coordinates the Kuta IDP camp, said some people had left the camp to stay in nearby villages because the rainy season made it hard for bandits to cross rivers and attack.
He also said the Kuta camp, which houses about 300 IDPs, is struggling with the same problems—no healthcare and not enough food.
Mr. Musa Sarkin, the District Head of Dangunun, thanked the foundation for always supporting the IDPs and asked the state government to provide even more help for them.
