The NEMA Coordinator, Sokoto Operations Office, Malam Sulaiman Muhammad, made this known to the Newsmen in Gusau on Monday. Sulaiman said the items comprised assorted grains, clothing materials, cosmetics, toiletries among others. IDPs According to him, the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and the NEMA Director-General are expected to inaugurate the distribution of the items to IDPs in Talata-Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara on Tuesday. The coordinator said the gesture was aimed at supporting the victims and ameliorating their suffering. He urged the IDPs to remain calm, assuring them that the Federal Government was working hard to end the insecurity in the state. Sulaiman thanked the state government and traditional rulers in the state for their commitments in supporting the IDPs. In a related development, two children had died in Anka IDP camp as a result of cholera outbreak. The Emir of Anka and Chairman Zamfara Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, made this known on Sunday during the presentation of relief materials donated by Anka Emirate Foundation (AEF) to IDPs in Anka. He, however, said the outbreak had been contained due to the intervention of AEF and other stakeholders, especially the “Doctors without Borders”. The Emir also called on the Federal Government to provide permanent security base in Anka to enhance sustainable peace and stability in the state. NAN reports that the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, last week, said it registered 38,000 IDPs in Maradun and Zurmi Local Government Areas of Zamfara. (NAN) Related Zamfara killings: NEMA donates relief materials to deceased families April 8, 2018

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