President of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Hon. Jonathan Asake, has disclosed that over 108 communities have been displaced by terrorists in Chikun, Kajuru, Kaura, Zangon Kataf, Jama’a and Kauru Local Government Areas of Kaduna State.
Asake also disclosed this at the flagging of distribution of foodstuffs worth N20 million that was donated by Agrolog Limited, a Kaduna based agribusiness company.
He said the victims in the affected communities are now homeless and facing serious challenges at various camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
The president of SOKAPU warned of serious humanitarian crisis in the affected areas unless urgent steps are taken to assist the victims.
He commended Agrolog for its kind gesture and appealed to other corporate bodies, groups, and public spirited individuals to come to the aid of thousands of victims who were sacked by terrorists that unleashed mayhem on communities in the state, almost on a daily basis.
According to him, some of the victims were living in uncompleted buildings without any assistance from anybody.
“Some of these people just find uncompleted buildings to live. Nobody is taking care of them. Only groups and public spirited individuals are helping them,” Asake lamented.
He said those who sustained injuries during the attacks could not afford to go for medical treatment “because they don’t have the resources.”
He lamented further that children in the affected communities had been out of school for a long time.
“We have a very serious humanitarian crisis in Southern Kaduna where these attacks took place,” Asake said.
He called on government and the security agencies to come to the rescue of the people.
Speaking during the event, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Agrolog Limited, Dr. Manzo Maigari, said that the donations were part of the company’s corporate social responsibility.
Maigari, a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Kaduna State, said the foodstuffs, which included maize flour, rice, beans, palm oil, soap, toothpaste, pomade and sanitiry pads among others, were targeted at 10,000 families affected by the deadly attacks by bandits.
He added that N2 million had also been set aside for medical treatment for those wounded during the attacks and could not afford to go to the hospital for treatment.
He said that the company, which deals in the ginger value change, has been working with communities as partners.
He said: “Our company, Agrolog Limited, is basically an agribusiness with focus on ginger value change.
“We introduced a social entrepreneurship model where we give small holder farmers input with credit and they pay back with ginger.
“We as a company have decided to give back to the people that we work with – the communities where we do business as a company.
“This is basically a social responsibility that aimed at supporting government efforts as well as that of good spirited individuals who have always been there for some of our brothers that fall victims of this banditry attacks.”
Maigari noted that banditry attacks is a national challenge and called for the support of good corporate citizens as well as individuals to support the victims.
“We have mobilised items for the immediate needs of victims of these attacks.
“You can see behind me, packages that contain maize flour, beans, rice, palm oil, salt, maggi, pomade, toothpaste, sanitary parts and other things.
“The package is aimed at touching 10, 000 families across communities in Chikun down to the southern part of Kaduna state,” Maigari said.
He added that the company would continue to do its best to ensure that it live up to expectations.
“We understand that there are people that have had to be amputated just because they couldn’t afford N2000 or N5000 for medical treatment.
“There are people who suffered fractures; there are those who require bullets to be extracted from their bodies.
“What we did was to set aside N2 million as direct medical support. We are working with Radi Foundation as partners because they have been in the field supporting these people and they can identify the IDP camps,” he said.
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