The National Emergency Management Agency NEMA says it is scaling up response activities to assist families evacuated from Jakana community in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno state.
The Information Officer, NEMA’s Northeast Zonal office, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, made this known in a statement in Maiduguri on Tuesday.
He said the affected families were evacuated by the military in furtherance of the ongoing clearance operations against the Boko Haram insurgents.
Ibrahim, who did not gave details on the numbers of the affected persons, stated that they were evacuated to Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons IDPs camp, Maiduguri.
He said the agency, in collaboration with other humanitarian organisations and stakeholders, had mobilised resources to support the displaced persons.
He added that the displaced persons were evacuated to Maiduguri for their safety in view of the ongoing operations to flush out insurgents in the area.
