The decision of the navy to distribute the relief items directly to the campers drew loud cheers and applause from the elated IDPs.
The chairman of the IDP Camp committee in Ahoada, Gilbert Hamilton, denied the allegations and explained that the relief materials received earlier were not sufficient.
He said that displaced persons were pouring into the camp on a daily basis, a situation which further depleted the relief materials. “The allegation that we are diverting relief items is not true because everything is being shared equally among the more than 5,000 IDPs in the camp. “Our foods are further depleted by intruders, who come into the camps covertly to partake in the sharing of relief items with the real flood victims,” he said.
Mr Hamilton added that the camp had less than 1,000 mattresses for the more than 5,000 campers, and called for help from the government, non-governmental organisations and humane individuals.
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