Donga Mantung: 500 Nigerian Refugees Catered For

 An inter-sectoral team sized up security, health and accommodation needs on the field.

Security, accommodation and health concerns featured prominently amongst needs of 500 Nigerians in Nwa sub division fleeing farmer/grazer conflict in the neighborhood of Nigerian Taraba state. The displaced Nigerian especially Fulanies are spread over in some six villages of Nwa sub division with about 243 in Nyang, 20 in Ardo Aliyu Nyana Ardoret, 38in Saam, over 60 in Ntim, 50 in  Yang and 44 in Faam. It is against this backdrop that an inter-sectoral team led by the Director of Civil Protection in the Ministry of Territorial Administration  and Decentralization-MINATD  Yap Mariatou was in Nwa sub division on July 8 -9 2017 to size up the situation and report for quick  and lasting solutions.
On the spot in host villages, logging, health care and security are in short supply. Classrooms in Government School Nyang offered accommodation for displaced women, children while the Fon and Ardo are coping with the men. The Sub Divisional Officer for Nwa Walters Tumassang told CT that local council and the Mbororo Cultural and Development Association (MBOSCUDA) have so far helped matters with food supply, sleeping mats and blankets. Management of the Ndong Integrated Health Centre is virtually at a loss with little to offer with health threats staring the local population in the face. The health facility is in dire need of essential drugs, ...