Chidi Samuel || The United Nations has said that three local government in the North East remains difficult to access for aid workers despite the repeated claim by the federal government that the insurgents have cleared the insurgents from all the local government areas in Bornu and other northeast states.
The UN in a report said that despite the best efforts of the Nigeria military aid workers are unable to operate in the affected local government areas.
The report titled, “North-East Nigeria: Humanitarian Situation Update”, For September 2017, was issued by the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian (OCHA).
The report read in part, “Insecurity, presence of mines, improvised explosive devices, and unexploded ordinances had continued to slow down the response of humanitarian agencies in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states”
“Most roads to the south, south-west, and east remain unusable due to security concerns and most humanitarian personnel movement is done through air assets. Cargo, however, is being transported via road with armed escorts as a last resort.”
The report further stated that “No humanitarian aid is currently reaching locations in these LGAs outside of the LGAs’ main towns called ‘headquarters’. Major humanitarian supply routes towards the west, north-west, and north are open for humanitarians without the use of armed escorts. Following advocacy efforts, Konduga and Mafa are now also accessible to aid groups without military escorts.”
The Nigeria Armyhttp://www.army.mil.ng/ is yet to respond to the report.