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Nigerian senate to probe food diversions in IDP camps

Xinhua, August 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Nigerian Senate on Sunday said it will probe the severe hunger crisis in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in restive northeast states.

Senate President Bukola Saraki disclosed this in a statement made available to Xinhua in reaction to protests by hundreds of women from IDP camps in Borno State on Thursday.

He described the development as desperate and calls for better coordination among government and international aid agencies.

Saraki also called on the Nigeria Police, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other law enforcement agencies to quickly move to investigate the diversion of food deliveries.

He said government officials and contractors should be held to account for the mysterious disappearance of truck loads of provisions intended for the IDP camps.

The Senator added that he planned to move a motion on the situation in the northeast region when the Senate reconvened from recess in September. Endit