UN refugee agency to collaborate with FCTA on flood victims data

 The United Nation’s High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is planning to assist the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to document the influx of flood victims into the nation’s capital.
The UNHCR Commissioner for refugees, Mrs Angele Dikongue-Atangana told the FCT Minister of State, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide that the UN is ready to offer protection to the 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Nigeria in the response to the state of flood victims in the country.
The United Nations’ agency is willing to assist in identifying the number of internally displaced persons through the process of profiling and registering them as well as provision of vocational skill training.
The UN Commission also promised to extend the assistance to those displaced by violent attacks in other parts of the country.
The Minister of State for the FCT, Oloye Akinjide explained that the FCT administration is willing to collaborate with the commission to monitor the presence of the IDPs.
She explained that the FCT is witnessing influx of people because of the conflicts in the northern part of the country as well as the flood disaster.