Terror is the major cause of displacements
Terrorist attacks launched by the militant Boko Haram sect have been
revealed as the most leading factor responsible for the displacement of
people in the country.
According to a poll by NOIPolls in
partnership with Social Welfare Network Initiative and Africare, the
terror accounts for 75 percent of the displacements.
According to
researchers, more findings revealed that while cases of internally
displaced persons (IDPs) might not be common in some parts of Nigeria,
awareness of the phenomenon was not limited to regions with high cases
of IDPs as about three-fourths (73 percent) of the adult population are
aware of the cases of IDPs in Nigeria.
Almost half the number of
respondents who showed awareness of the cases of IDPs have either had a
personal encounter or have seen cases of IDPs in Nigeria.
This is
mostly true for the North-East region (98 percent) given the current
state of insecurity in this region. Moreover, some of the respondents
testified they were IDPs themselves, although poll results did not
capture the actual proportion of respondents in this category.
Findings
also showed that awareness on the cases of IDPs in Nigeria might not
necessarily be through personal experiences (but through other means
such as the media) as most respondents from the Southern regions who
showed awareness have minimal experiences with cases of IDPs.
The opinion poll was conducted in the week of February 9 involving telephone interviews of a random nationwide sample.
A
total of 1 000 randomly selected phone-owning Nigerians aged 18 years
and above, representing the six geopolitical zones in the country, were
interviewed.
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