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Senate urges FG to assist 100,000 IDPs in Kogi

The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to urgently provide succour for over 100,000 Internally Displaced Persons in Kogi State.

Senator Isa in his lead debate called on the Senate to note that over 100,000 inhabitants of Bassa Local Government Area in Kogi State have been displaced due to communal hostilities in the state. He said that the Senate is aware that the bridge linking the affected communities was completely razed down and that no fewer than 146 persons were killed by ethnic militias during the attack of 8th of January 2019.

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