{"id":179443,"date":"2025-09-18T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/zamfara-govt-appeals-for-more-humanitarian-aid-for-idps"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:58:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T12:58:27","slug":"zamfara-govt-appeals-for-more-humanitarian-aid-for-idps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-govt-appeals-for-more-humanitarian-aid-for-idps","title":{"rendered":"Zamfara govt appeals for more humanitarian aid for IDPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Zamfara State government has called for increased humanitarian support to assist thousands of internally displaced persons, IDPs, and vulnerable families across the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner for Humanitarian and Relief Matters, Salisu Musa Tsafe, made the appeal in a statement issued by the ministry\u2019s Director of Information, Bashir Kabir Ahmed, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He commended development partners for their interventions so far but stressed that more assistance was urgently needed to cushion the plight of displaced communities.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Zamfara currently has thousands of IDPs from about 1,008 communities across its 14 local government areas, as captured in the State Social Register.<\/p>\n<p>Tsafe urged organisations including the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, FCDO, Premie\u0300re Urgence Internationale, PUI, and others to scale up interventions in livelihood support, empowerment programmes, and cash transfers.<\/p>\n<p>He assured that the state government, under Governor Dauda Lawal, had provided the political will and enabling environment for partners to operate effectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Zamfara State government has called for increased humanitarian support to assist thousands of internally displaced persons, IDPs, and vulnerable families across the state. The Commissioner for Humanitarian and Relief Matters, Salisu Musa Tsafe, made the appeal in a statement issued by the ministry\u2019s Director of Information, Bashir Kabir Ahmed, on Thursday. 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