As Nigerians continue to face untold hardship due to the economic meltdown, children in Internally Displaced Persons camp in Adamawa state are opting for frogs and lizards as meals for survival.
This was confirmed by the leadership of the Damare IDP camp in Yola while expressing the unfortunate state of the IDPs as the nation grapples with rising food prices.
It is Damare temporary Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Yola, Adamawa state capital, housing 167 households, mostly from Gwoza in Borno state.
The effect of the nation’s economic hardship is biting harder here as families turn to weed called fetid Cassia known as Tafasa in the Hausa language.
Lydia Zachariah, mother of four is from Gwoza in Borno State, She is among the first settlers at this camp.
For the past two weeks, her family has been surviving on fetid Cassia as a result of a lack of funds and rising food prices.
This is the story of almost all the households in this camp.
Fifty-six-year-old Jugule Ahmed has been the leader of the camp for seven years.
He narrates their ordeal and how children are hunting frogs and lizards as meals for survival.
Malnourishment, sales of belongings, and hunger-induced illnesses are the order of the day at this camp.
Humanitarian actor, Maurice Kwairanga called for decisive action against hunger in various IDP camps across the nation.
The camp was established in 2014 at the height of the Boko Haram onslaught in the Northeast states of Nigeria.
