World humanitarian day: NGO’s ambassadors call on Nigerians to support the over 1.2 million IDP’s

Nigerian ambassadors of the Oxfam humanitarian organisation, have called on Nigerians to contribute their own quarter in adding value to the lives of the over 1.2 million Internally Displaced Persons(IDP’s).

They said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), on Friday in Abuja as they marked the World Humanitarian Day.

Francis Duru, an actor said that the enormity of the problem was beyond just government doing it and that Nigerians must help and complement the efforts of the government.

He said that in celebrating World Humanitarian Day, there was need to appreciate the role of  the cheer givers and those who had lost their lives trying to protect others.

 “We chose to be the voice of the IDP’s to make sure that we can speak for them because they are the voiceless and they need strength”.

“We would try as much as possible to use our powers as actors and celebrities to work out various means of assistance towards them”.

“Government is doing so much but government should be complimented, they can’t do it alone. That’s why I call on everyone, whoever you are, wherever you are, we can all contribute our own quarter”.

Duru further stated that as celebrities, they could give back to the society that made them and that every time he does this, he wants to actually identify with humanity.

Bimbo Akintola, an actress also said that it’s was a horrible situation in which the people had lost all and that what the government was doing was not sufficient.

She said that Nigerians can’t keep waiting on the government to do it all, and that it was time for Nigerians to stand up and send something to the IDP’s.

“We went to see what was happening and it’s a horrible situation and these are Nigerians. They are not from other countries. They are humans and that is the bottom line”.

“These are people who have lost all. Children are going to bed without food, it’s a terrible situation. In times of insurgency, the most vulnerable are women and children”.

Bimbo also urged Nigerians to help the starving IDP’s and not to rely solely on the efforts of the government as it was not sufficient enough.