SENATOR ALIYU SABI ABDULLAHI RAISES ALARM OVER GROWING NUMBER OF IDPS IN NIGER
Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi representing Niger North in the National Assembly, on Tuesday, raised alarm over the growing number of persons displaced by the activities of bandits in Niger North Senatorial District.
The lawmaker disclosed that no fewer than 50,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are in Kontagora and Rigali towns.
Senator Sabi made the revelation while coming under order 43 of the Senate Rules during plenary.
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He lamented about the wave of attacks by armed bandits in Niger State, especially in Rafi Local Government Area in Niger East, Kontagora, Manga Rijau, Magama, Mashagu and Wushishi Local Government Areas.
The lawmaker, therefore, urged the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to provide relief materials to the IDPs who were displaced by armed bandits and now in Kontagora, Rijau and other locations in Niger North Senatorial District.
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