Assessing the Infrastructure Delivery in Internally Displace Person’s Camp in Abuja and Borno State

Abstract

The plights of displaced persons across the world have become a formidable global challenge with overwhelming disastrous implications for human development, including hunger, insecurity, and death, among other growing humanitarian crises. In this vein, this paper is aim to assess the level of infrastructure delivery in Internally Displaced Person‟s camps in Abuja and Borno State. The study employed literature review and cross-sectional descriptive research design approach in conducting the study. The result of the study revealed high population of female in both studied camps who are majorly married and less educated especially in Muna and fall within youthful age of 30 – 50 which placed them to be with active age group that can proved for themselves the basic needs. The people in Durumi camp were assed to have lived more than 6years compare to Muna that barely spent more than 3 years and Boko haram activities was the major driven force of the people to the camp except in few cases where herders and banditry causes the migration in Durumi. Overall, on the infrastructure needs, the study shows the general camps infrastructure provision are within average and inadequate with Muna having mean score of 2.51 and Daruma having average score of 2.46. Therefore, recommended adequate provision of the basic infrastructure and other basic needs that are in tandem with the obligations under the Kampala Convention. Also, provision of enabling environment to the host community of the displaced individuals is required since most of the camp member are willing to return to their home town.