Boko Haram, bandits displaced more than two million in Nigeria – Minister

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouk, said on Thursday the Boko Haram insurgents, bandits, and other criminal elements had displaced more than two million people in Nigeria.
The minister disclosed this to State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Farouq said she was in the State House to thank President for its support to persons with disabilities in the country.
She said the president had in January 2019 signed a bill on the prohibition of discrimination against persons with disabilities in Nigeria.
The minister said: “As of today, we have over two million displaced persons in Nigeria, ranging from those displaced by insurgency, banditry, communal clashes and so on.

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