saudi arabia send relief material for borno
https://nema.gov.ng/speech-by-the-director-general-national-emergency-management-agency-nema-at-thef

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has donated relief materials to 16,000 households affected by terrorism in Borno state.

Saudi authorities provided the food donations to insurgency victims in Borno through the King Salman Humanitarian Aid Relief Centre (KSrelief), The Guardian reported.

Ahmed Habib, Director-General of NEMA (National Emergency Management Agency), flagged off the distribution of food donations delivered by KSrelief to 16,000 IDP households in Borno. This is the second phase of food distribution by KSrelief, with the first phase concluded in December 2022.

In his message at the distribution ceremony Thursday, Habib said the food donations will be conducted in camps located around Maiduguri, including Muna Kumburi, Gongulon, Madinatu I, and Madinatu II.

He added the donations in December 2022 benefitted about 8,000 households in five camps at El-Miskin, Doro, Ashiri, Shuwarin, and Nganzai.

"The center donated baskets of relief materials to each of the 16,000 households in Borno for two cycles of 8,000 households each in different camps, in December 2022," said Habib, in the presence of Fatima Kassim, NEMA Acting Director of Planning.

"Each household is expected to have 59.8 kilograms basket of food made up of 25kg of rice, 25kg of beans, 4kg of Masavita flour, 2kg of tomato paste, 1kg of salt, and 0.8kg of bouillon cubes and groundnut oil," he added.

He further hailed Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Prime Minister Mohammad Bin Salman for their generous donation.

The NEMA DG explained how the food items donated by KSrelief have been beneficial for the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Borno, Yobe, and Zamfara states, as evidenced by the positive testimonies from community members.

The food items were distributed directly to the IDPs in their places of abode at the camps by the staff of the agency in collaboration with employees of Borno State, according to NEMA.

Meanwhile, a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), stated the number of Nigerian refugees in Chad, Cameroon, and the Niger Republic has risen to 339,669, Punch reported.

The displaced people, as per the report, were said to be victims of terrorism and banditry in North-East and North-West Nigeria, as well as the killings and kidnappings across the country. The kidnapping cases have been especially harrowing, with many victims being held for ransom or taken for political reasons.