Wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, and wife of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Gimbiya Dogara, who led a delegation of wives of members of the National Assembly to present relief items to displaced persons at Damare Camp in Adamawa State on Thursday, pleaded with protesting inmates who were angry with officials in the camp.

The protesters had accused their minders of depriving them of relief items given by donors.

They alleged that they were never given the items donated to them, thus they decided to register their displeasure through the action.

Relief items donated by Saraki and her colleagues include mattresses, foodstuffs, pillows, clothing, school packs for children returning to school and drugs. Other items that would be needed by the displaced persons as they returned to their homes were also among the gifts.

Saraki said, “I have assured the displaced persons that we would stand with them. The essence of human dignity is trust. We should all be able to say a word and mean that word and keep to our promises. The administration of the camp has given me assurance that these items which were presented in their thousands would be distributed to each one of them.”

Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency in Adamawa, Saad Bello, while receiving the delegation, said that the population of IDP’s taking refuge in camps across the state had reduced from over 60,000 to around 4,000 today.