The Borno State government yesterday called for local and international support as each of the 21 IDP camps record about six child births daily, Leadership reports.
According to Alhaji Grema Terab, the executive chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency, the IDPs are largely those displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency.

“We record an average of between five and six births in each of the 21 camps daily. “The IDPs are residents of 22 out of the 27 local government areas of the state.

“The state government is solely responsible for their daily feeding and provision of other needs.”

“Sometimes, we record a large number of twins. “This is most common in the Federal Training Centre camp, where IDPs from Bama local government are taking refuge.”

According to him, the state government is planning to set up a medically equipped labour room in each of the camps to reduce the hardship faced by women during childbirth.

“So the state government needs the support of all to adequately cater for the Internally Displaced Persons,” Terab said.