Nigeria: Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri Distributes Relief Materials to 12, 501 IDPs in Borno Tweet Share Google+ Email More RELATED TOPICS Religion South Africa: Quo Vadis, Cardinal Napier? Nigeria Nigeria: Nigeria Wins Hosting Rights of 2015... Refugees North Africa: Investing in the Future - Prote... ADS BY GOOGLE By Njadvara Musa Maiduguri — AS Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) continue to troop into Maiduguri, Borno State capital, the Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri has last Thursday distributed 697 units of relief materials to over 12, 500 Boko Haram victims taking refuge in resettlement camps at Government Girls Science Secondary School, NYSC Orientation camp and Government College, Maiduguri. The IDPs, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and camp officials, fled from Gwoza, Bama, Konduga, Kauwuri, Damboa, Marte and Gambouru towns for safety, because of insurgency in their respective communities in the last two or five months. Presenting the relief materials at the camps, Most Rev. Oliver Doeme Dashe of Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri said that every human life is very important and it is because of this that relief materials are being distributed to cushion the devastating effects of insurgency on Boko Haram victims in the state. His words: I have come here today to say hello to all of you here in this camp and commiserate with all of you on what happened to you in your respective towns and villages, before fleeing to Maiduguri. I pray to God that peace will return to Borno, so that all of you could return to your destroyed homes and communities within the shortest period of being in these camps. These relief materials being distributed today to you are, however, not only to Christians but all other victims taking refuge in Maiduguri, because of the ongoing insurgency that will soon end by Gods power. We dont know these terrorists activities against humanity, but God will end it up for peace to reign in Borno State and the neighbouring ones of Yobe and Adamawa in the North East. The resettlement of displaced persons is a collective responsibility of everyone, irrespective of religious and ethic differences we have in Borno and the country at large, he stressed. On the traumas and sufferings of IDPs, Rev. Dashe said: The Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri has had a large share of the Boko Haram persecution. As a church we are really going through a severe moment of persecution. Our ecclesiastical circumscription has faced a sharp disintegration. For now the situations are still as before, no improvements whatsoever, since our people are still displaced in these Maiduguri camps and have no much hope of getting home, despite the ceasefire agreement between federal government and Boko Haram. He, however, encouraged the IDPs to accept what is happening to them in humility and to see the hand of God at work even as they are alive today. I call on all of you not to lose faith, but to use this moment of trial and persecution as a golden opportunity to express abundantly the faith you profess, said Rev Dashe. The Bishop also challenged the displaced persons that there are two things the terrorists can never snatch from them- their faith and their soul. These they must never give up even at the point of death. We belong to a big family as all of us are Gods children. We are together to pray so that this insurgency comes to an end to ensure peace and tranquility among the various religious and ethnic groups in the North East, counseled the Bishop. Responding, the principal Government Girls Science Secondary School, Mrs Iya M. Monguno, said that the relief materials, are what NEMA and IDPs officials are desperately looking for to cater for the over 12, 000 displaced persons in Maiduguri camps. A lot of displaced persons are still trooping into Maiduguri for safety and accommodation, because even as at yesterday, 201 persons, including children and women, came from Bama, which is still under the control of insurgents despite the ceasefire agreement announced last Friday in Abuja, said Iya. She also called on other organizations and philanthropists to emulate the Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri, by donating more relief materials to resettlement camps.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:43:16 +0000
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