A headcount of people displaced due to violence in Akwanga, Nasarawa State is being undertaken in order to provide emergency aid to them.
The National Emergency Management Agency confirmed a headcount of Internally Displaced Persons from the three communities recently attacked by suspected herdsmen in Akwanga, Nasarawa State was underway.
Mustafa Maihaja, Director-General of NEMA, stated this on Saturday during the headcount in Akwanga.
Maihaja, who was represented by Ladan Ayuba, Director in charge of North-Central, said the agency was in Akwanga to take inventory of the number of people displaced and the level of damage done for the purpose of providing relief materials to victims.
“We have the mandate of the DG to profile all the IDPs from Mante, Nidan and Numa villages of Andaha in Akwanga LGA, that were recently attacked.
“We also have the mandate to take inventory of the number of persons killed and the properties destroyed during the attacks in the communities,” he said.
(NAN)