Benue State University, Makurdi

International Organizations and Management of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue State

Kizito Kater Mile & Abel Dooior Apinega

Abstract

This paper examines the roles that international organizations play in the management of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue State. Benue State has been faced with problems of flood, communal conflict and herders/farmers conflict, a development which has led to lost of lives and properties and has forced many persons to flee their ancestral homes to IDPs camps scattered across the state. This situation has resulted in humanitarian emergency in the state. This paper therefore, assesses the various humanitarian interventions in the IDPs camps to ascertain the conditions of the IDPs and the effectiveness of the interventions by the international organizations. The study made use of secondary sources of data. Findings of the study revealed that international organizations such as; United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the Red Cross, United Nations International Children Emergency Fund, International Organization for Migration and United State Agency for International Development have over the years intervened at various intervals with different strategies to provide for the needs of the IDPs in the state using intervention strategies like food, water, access to protection and security, educational services; and health services. Despite the intervention by international organizations, the living conditions of the IDPs are still deplorable and vulnerable. The study recommended that, international organizations should provide more services and materials to the IDPs and make sure that the materials provided by them are not diverted by government officials.

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