The Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to declare banditry a humanitarian emergency to enable a coordinated response to the growing displacement crisis in Nigeria’s North-West.
The Programme Officer for Good Governance at Caritas Nigeria, Mr Jude Akwo, made the call in Sokoto during a one-day Stakeholders’ Policy Dialogue and Research Dissemination Workshop on women, conflict and peacebuilding.
Akwo said an official declaration would attract stronger intervention from federal authorities and international humanitarian organisations, leading to the establishment of properly managed camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in communities ravaged by banditry and terrorism.
According to him, most IDP settlements in the region are informal and lack basic infrastructure and protection, leaving displaced persons, particularly women and children, vulnerable to further abuse.
“The IDP camps are not formal; they are informal settlements. There are cases of secondary abuse in these camps. Women are raped because
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