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Agatu Is Totally Ruined, Never Seen Anything like It – UN

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By Levinus Nwabughiogu,  Peter Duru  and Abiodun Alade

The representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mrs. Angele Dikongue Atangana, says the attacks  in Agatu local government area of Benue State by suspected  militia  left the area in total  ruin.

Atangana, led on the tour of the area by Ezekiel Adaji, the Deputy Chairman, House of Representatives  Committee on Internally Displaced Persons, Refugees and North East Development Initiative, also described the damage as unimaginable.

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The UN representative, who stated that the plight of Agatu people deserved national and international attention, stressed that it would be difficult for the affected people to rebuild their communities without external help.

“In my 20 years of working as a humanitarian, I have never seen such a level of destruction. If steps are not taken, the crisis can affect the country as a whole,” she said.

She noted that the damage to Agatu  was similar to what was happening in the North-East, and assured that her agency would aid in the rehabilitation of the displaced persons.

Addressing the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, at the Ugbokpo camp,  Atangana disclosed that the UN body  had donated non-food items worth over N20 million to the IDPs, stating that the items were  with the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, in Makurdi.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/agatu-total-ruin-un/

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