SAN FRANCISCO, July 05, (THEWILL) – The June 2015 Displacement Tracking Matrix, a report just released by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in conjunction with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has put the number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the six Northeast States of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe at 1.4million.
The summary of the report was contained in a statement issued Sunday and signed by the senior information officer of NEMA,Sani Datti.
The report listed Borno State as having the highest number of IDPs with (1,002,688) followed by Yobe (125,484) and Adamawa (113,437).It also said Bauchi has (76,504), Gombe (16,984) and Taraba (20,501).
The report,which put the total number of IDPs at 1,385,298, points to a slight decrease in the number of IDPs compared to the last report released in April . The report attributed the decrease to the return of some of the IDPs to their homelands especially in Adamawa State.
There was however an increase in Borno Statenwhere the IDP population has risen to over a million.
The report said 92 percent of IDPs live with host communities while 8 percent live in camps or camp-like sites. It also indicates that 52 percent of the IDP populations are female and 48 percent are male. Children of less than 18 constitute 56 percent of the IDP population with more than half of them being five years old or younger.The report also highlighted that 95 percent of the displacement was due to the insurgency while 5 percent was forced to leave their homeland due to communal clashes.
