Gwoza, a hilly town in southern Borno, was captured by the terrorist group about four months ago.
The Chairman, Board of Trustees of Gwoza Christian Communities, Mr Williams Naga, said this while presenting food items donated by the state government to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri.
Naga said alone in camps for displaced persons in Maiduguri are 16,000 persons from Gwoza.
He also revealed that over 46,000 IDPs from Gwoza were currently taking refuge in nine different villages while 15,000 were staying in camps created by government outside the state capital Maiduguri.
He explained also that the 16,000 displaced persons from Gwoza in Maiduguri are currently taking refuge in seven camps in Maiduguri.
The chairman said that Governor Shettima has given N10 million for the up keep of the IDPS in the state capital and N2 million to facilitate the transportation of those in Cameroun.
Also speaking, Mr. Haruna Amodu, the distribution committee chairman said out of the N10 million, N6 million was spent on the procurement of food stuff for the IDPs.
Amodu said that apart from the government ‘s assistance, the former religious affairs commissioner , Alhaji Mamman Durkwa personally donated 100 bags of rice and four cows to ameliorate the hardship of the IDPs.
Source---http://www.thisdaylive.com/
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