– UN said IDPs had suffered so much from the activities of Boko Haram in the North-East and needed to be supported for survivalAbout 250,000 Internally Displaced Persons in the North-East of Nigeria have received about N3.7bn ($13m) as life-saving support from the United Nations Humanitarian Chief, Mr. Stephen O’Brien. According to News Agency of Nigeria the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, who announced this in a statement, said that the money was released the by the Central Emergency Response Fund. “The United Nations humanitarian chief, Stephen O’Brien, has released $13m from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), to provide life-saving assistance to 250,000 people in parts of theNorth-East of Nigeria. “The destruction of crops and looting of livestock have left many people unable to support their families.
