Intense hunger as a result of inadequacy of food items in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in the outskirts of Bauchi, has forced adolescent children to feed on onion leaves for survival.
The children, between the ages of three and five, looked pitiful as they consume the leaves at the camp located about two km from Rindebin community in Bauchi local government area, report that.
Some of their parents interviewed said there were no enough food, as such they had to ‘improvise’ ways of tackling hunger, saying they believed onion leaves were nutritious and would also protect their children from hunger and diseases.
One of the parents, Mrs Aisha Musa, said that for the past one year, children and adults in the camp had been struggling to survive, with little or no assistance from all quarters.
Another parent, Mrs Ajidda Ahmed, said the hardship being encountered were enormous, adding that most of them had given up any hope of living a normal life.
