The poor condition of the camp were reported by internally displaced persons (IDPs) residing in the Kuchingoro camp in Abuja, who blame the government neglect of the camp.
Philemon Emmanuel, the leader of the IDPs, said they have lived on humanitarian services by non-government agents.
Mr Emmanuel said this on Wednesday when the Kings College Old Boys Association (KCOBA) paid a visit to the IDP camp.
The Kuchingoro camp was established by the federal government in 2014.
After Boko-Haram insurgents attacked their communities, residents were relocated from Goza Local Government Area of Borno State. Although the government had asked camp residents to return to their north-eastern original communities, many of them remained in Kuchingoro, where they said they felt safe.
Mr Emmanuel said the displaced persons ‘ condition has continued to worsen as they fled their communities in Abuja for safety.
Besides various organizations that provided them with basic amenities, he said, “there is nothing in this place donated by the government.”
The camp has two schools, a clinic, solar panels for a borehole powered by electricity, and a center for skill acquisition.
“We have South Africa’s High Commissioner’s Skill Center and my office. We have boreholes coming from churches and non-governmental organizations. It’s just one borehole drilled by Bala Mohammed, the wife of the former FCT minister,” he said.
Ladi Mathias, the leader of the camp’s woman, said she survives by frying bean cakes (akara) and farming as well.
She said that her farm is located in Nasarawa state where she grows beans and maize.
“Every trip to my farm I spend about N4,000. Whenever I’m away, I leave my children in my husband’s care,” she said.
She explained how she is selling her farm produce at Nasarawa’s beans market.
The purpose of their visit to the camp was explained by KCOBA chairman Emmanuel Mogbolu.
“We took it as one of our social responsibilities as Kings College Old Boys Abuja to identify with the lower end of society, to see how we can support displaced people in our society,” he said.
He said the association performs such activities once a year.
He said the association was visiting the IDP camp in Abuja for the first time.
KCOBA’s vice president, Sini Kwabi, said they hoped to provide books to the communities to enhance their children’s education.
“If the opportunity comes because I learned that they have some graduates, we will try if we can assist in our own way and we have the opportunity to employ some of them.”
They presented rice bags, noodle cartons, water packs and clothes as gifts to the camp’s IDPs.
