410 births and 187 marriages recorded at IDP camps – NEMA

Over 410 births were recorded between August and September and 187 marriages were conducted at Internally Displaced Persons camps in Borno and Adamawa states, the Director General of National Emergency Management Agency, Muhammad Sani Sidi stated when members of Bring Back Our Girls Group (BBOG) paid him a courtesy call in his office.


Sani Sidi explained that 100 marriages were conducted in Maiduguri camps alone and 87 were recorded in Adamawa camps. He said Emergency Education for IDPs children became a major priority after unprecedented insurgency attacks on students, teachers and schooling infrastructure where about 269 teachers lost their lives.
He said the agency, in ensuring efficient management of camps, has trained personnel in camp coordination and camp management (CCCM) and deployed them to manage various IDP camps in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa and to provide the specialised needs of vulnerable people during emergencies