Oxfam calls for improved humanitarian assistance in North-East

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Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nigeria

Oxfam Nigeria has advocated the scaling up of humanitarian assistance in the lingering crisis and sufferings in the North-East.

Mr Constant Tchona, the Acting Country Director, made the call on Wednesday in Abuja at a poetry and exhibition night organised to raise awareness on the situation.

Tchona said that the organisation chose a more innovative way through arts, to tell the stories of the crisis and sufferings of the victims, in order to raise the level of consciousness of people.

According to him, a more emotional way of relating the true situation in the North-East will enable the region get better and more response from the government and kind-hearted individuals.

“We have over eight million people in dire need of life-saving support, five million in need of survival.

“Beyond these numbers, we want to be able to amplify,…



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