By Asma’u Ahmad
Women Leader at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp, Abuja Mrs. Liyatu Ayuba, has urged the Federal Government to provide psycho-social assistance to all IDPs.
Mrs. Ayuba who made the call in an interview with newsmen, said many IDPs were facing various degrees of trauma from their experiences during the insurgent attacks in the North East.
Ayuba said that she often saw some persons in the camp, especially women, speaking incoherently, adding that sometimes some persons take off running even when they were not being pursued.
She noted that this behaviour may have been as a result of the trauma these people experienced during the attacks as some of them lost their husbands, wives, children and relatives.
She said that there was presently a stereotype on mental disorder as a lot of people shied away from being associated with the condition even when they clearly need assistance.
Ayuba, said there are about 2,263 persons in the camp presently excluding children and new born babies, raised concern over the poor condition in which they lived.
According to her, some of the women living in the camp have as many as nine children and they have to squeeze themselves in a small space to sleep.
