The Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) on Monday distributed relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
Leading other police officers wives to Maiduguri, the wife of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Hajiya Asta Idris made the presentation at the Dalori I IDPs, Maiduguri.
She said the wives of the Nigeria police officers deemed it necessary to join other millions of Nigerians and international community in sympathizing with the people of Borno State, particularly, the IDPs who have been exposed to severe sufferings and hardships as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency.
She said the donated materials would help cushion their sufferings.
She also commended the efforts and selfless services rendered by the Nigerian military, police and other security agencies in the ongoing war against insurgency. She advised the IDPs to consider their plight as an act of God and be prayerful.
The POWA National President also appreciated the humanitarian services of SEMA, NEMA, CBOs, NGOs and iNGOs among other development partners at the IDPs Camp while thanking her husband, the IGP for giving her the opportunity and support to exrend her window might to her brothers and sisters being a daughter of the soil.
The Executive Chairman, Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Hajiya Yabawa Kolo thanked the POWA National President for her gesture to the IDPs.
Represented by the SEMA Secretary, Alhaji Bulama Dawud, she assured that the relief materials will be distributed to the IDPs judiciously.
She disclosed that there were a total of 24,245 IDPs at Dalori 1 IDPs Camp comprising of 4892 adult male, 5821 adult female, 4113 female children, 3617 male children, 489 separated children, 2349 lactating/nursling women, 981 pregnant women, 827 orphans and 1156 unaccompanied children.