Nigeria: Adamawa State Weekly Situation Report No. 2 As of 04/06/2021

This report is compiled by OCHA Nigeria in collaboration with humanitarian partners.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Some 6,000 Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon have reportedly spontaneously returned to Nigeria and established two settlements at Fufore LGA. • Almost 2,000 children screened for malnutrition. • Psychosocial support and recreational activities provided to 450 women and girls in Yola and Mubi.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

According to Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), some 6,000 Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon have spontaneously returned to Nigeria and established two settlements at Fufore LGA in Adamawa state. OCHA alerted SEMA and the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) sector on the alleged arrival of the returnees and a joint verification mission was led by SEMA and IOM on 6 June 2021. One of the make-shift settlements (Nduru camp) is accessible from Fufore and has a population of 555 individuals from 111 households. The second camp, also in Fufore LGA, is only accessible from the Cameroon side of the border due to rough terrain. The total number of people living at the inaccessible camp is not known at this time.

The security situation in Adamawa State is relatively calm but highly unpredictable. During the reporting period, various security incidents were reported in the state, mostly being criminality. There was an operation mounted by the Nigerian Police Force to thwart cattle theft in Combi LGA. Reportedly, the cattle were stolen from an unknown community from Borno State and the thieves were heading to Cameroon with the animals but were apprehended by the police and hunters station based in Combi LGA.

Preparedness Almost every year, a cholera outbreak occurs in the state. Health and WASH partners have commenced discussions on preparedness response plans to mitigate any potential impact from the epidemic for this year.

Gaps The most urgent needs for returnees at Ndulu settlement are shelters, safe drinking water, assorted NFIs, toilet facilities and medicine. In order to address the gaps, OCHA has shared the results of the fact-finding mission to all the state humanitarian actors and requested urgent relief assistance.

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HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Camp Coordination and Camp Management / Non-Food Items / Shelter Needs: • Emergency lifesaving materials, including food and NFIs, are needed for IDPs in both formal and informal settlements. • There is a lack of essential household items and proper dignified shelters. • Damaged shelters in the formal camps, informal camps and IDP settlement to be replaced.1

Early Recovery Needs: • Funding is needed to facilitate livelihood programing in other communities of Michika and Askira Uba LGA. • Cash-for-work programing is needed for youth engagement and improving social cohesion among community members. Response: • Plan International Nigeria, with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), conducted an end-of-program meeting with community leaders, women, and youth groups to get feedback from the recent livelihood activities carried out in Wamdeo, Tampul communities of Askira Uba LGA. Plan International has handed over cash-for-work (CFW) programing, village savings and loan association (VSLA) and asset transfer tools to the community leaders for sustainability of the programme. • Plan International Nigeria also provided technical expertise to 114 VSLA groups, ensuring financial inclusion is reached to the most vulnerable who have no means for savings or getting loans in the community. • UNHCR, through the implementing partner CARITAS, organized a distribution of 138 small ruminant animals to 69 beneficiaries in Bachure in Yola South and Mutsi/Muni in Michika to improve livelihood activities.

Food Security

Response: • Given the deteriorated food security situation as per the March 2021 Cadre Harmonise analysis, a multi sectoral scale- up plan led by the Food Security Sector was finalized. Advocacy to scale-up efforts to cover the significant gaps in food assistance (including access to energy) and agricultural livelihoods with government and non-government stakeholders continued through the week, particularly now that we are in the peak of the lean season.2

Education Needs: • There is a need for capacity-building training for teachers on teaching at the right level (TARL) methodology. • Many school-aged children are not enrolled.

Response: • Plan International is intending to provide scholastic materials for out-of-school children and help return them to school.

Health Needs: • There is a need to support the laboratory pillar of the pandemic response for the testing of COVID-19 in the state. • Additional personal protective equipment (PPE) is required.

1 More operational details to follow next week. 2 Ibid.

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Response: • A weekly coordination meeting focusing on COVID-19 is held by the state and a bi-weekly meeting held by humanitarian partners. • The broadcast of a weekly community radio program for COVID-19 awareness raising is ongoing. • IPC materials were sent from the Maiduguri WHO office for support.

Nutrition Needs: • There is need for nutrition counselling and sensitization on infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and good hygiene practices. • Training and capacity building is needed for Ministry of Health staff, community health volunteers, mother-to-mother support groups and severe and acute malnourished (SAM) patient caregivers.

Response: • A total of 1,945 children under five (983 male, 962 female) were screened for malnutrition during the week. • A total of 94 severely malnourished children (44 male, 50 female) were admitted to various Outpatient Therapeutic Feeding Program (OTP) sites. One hundred and three SAM children (51 male, 52 female) were discharged as cured, two (males) defaulted and 10 SAM cases (4 male, 6 female) with complications were referred to a stabilization center. Currently, 972 individuals (456 male, 516 female) are receiving treatment in OTP sites in both Michika and Askira Uba LGAs.

Protection Needs: • In most areas of humanitarian intervention women and girls are experiencing various forms of violence, therefore increasing the need for response, prevention and mitigation of gender-based violence (GBV). • There is need for monitoring returnees and IDPs who are facing challenges to obtain birth certificates and national identification cards.

Response: • Two new GBV cases (1 girl, 1 woman) were reported and documented (both reported within 72 hours). The survivors were referred for medical and other services based on their needs and the availability of the services. Follow-up was done for previously documented cases as part of case management processes that seek to check on survivors’ healing and recovery progress. • The Women Protection and Empowerment (WPE) unit of IRC conducted 3 safety audits across Michika LGA to identify the risks women and girls are currently facing, which will inform decisions on risk reduction interventions for each community. • UNHCR implementing partners carried out a radio discussion and radio jingles on GBV prevention at Fombina Radio Station in Yola. • Community awareness and sensitization on GBV/sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) reached 353 people of concern in Dazala-B in Mubi South and in Kachifa in Mubi North. • Psychosocial support and recreational activities were provided to 452 women and girls (13 to 69 years) at the safe spaces in Yola and Mubi. • 20 human rights awareness raising/sensitization sessions were conducted in Yola North, Yola South, Mubi North, Mubi South, Michika and Madagali LGAs. Additionally, 258 individuals (48 boys, 67 girls, 66 men and 77 women) attended human rights sensitization on mental health impact for survivors of GBV.

Housing, Land & Property Sub-Working Group Needs: • Identified needs include awareness of housing, land and property rights and access to identity and civil documentation rights.

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Response: • Response efforts include group information sessions on housing, land and property rights, payment of cash for rent, provision of identity and civil documentation, one-on-one counselling on identity documentation and registration and collection of national identity card slips.

Child Protection Sub-Working Group Needs: • Child protection case management and other specialized services are needed to help prevent or address exposure to abuse, exploitation, neglect and violence. • Psychosocial support services are needed, including individual and group counselling, as well as life skills education and positive parenting. Response: • Children are being reached with case management services in the Mubi axis while over 1,315 children (669 boys and 646 girls) from the axis benefited from psychosocial support services. • Girls, boys and young people affected by grave child rights violations are benefitting from community-based reintegration assistance.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Needs: • There is a need to improve access to basic household NFI kits in communities of Michika and Askira Uba. • IOM raised the need for evacuation of filled latrines at Malkohi village and Malkohi camp. • Additional water sources are needed at Salama House IDP camp.

Response: • IRC trucked 9,000 liters of chlorinated water to Mubi Burnt Bricks IDP camp. • 638 households were reached with a COVID-19 awareness raising campaign across 22 catchment communities of Michika LGA. • Five hygiene campaign sessions were carried out across the eight primary health care centres in Michika and Askira Uba, reaching 503 individuals. • IOM has rehabilitated three hand pumps at Malkohi camp and one at Anguwan Kara. There has been an upgrade from hand pump to solar motorized borehole at Jaccingo, Rumde shamaki and Fombina, as well as drilling of new solar motorized borehole at Daware IDPs camp. • IRC is working to sustain COVID-19 IPC supplies in health facilities in Michika and Askira Uba.

Coordination Government response: • SEMA led a team of humanitarian partners to Fufore LGA to verify claims that Nigerian refugees have spontaneously returned from Cameroon and established settlements at Fufore LGA.

Humanitarian community response: • An Inter-Sector Coordination Group meeting that focused on COVID-19 was held during the reporting week. The meeting was chaired by the WHO Health Sector Coordinator and facilitated by OCHA. The Health Sector Coordinator cautioned that COVID-19 remained a threat in the state and encouraged partners to remain engaged in the response. Partners were called on to intensify support for pillars/areas where there are already significant gaps such as public awareness on vaccination, use of face masks, social distancing and hygiene practices.

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Funding Overview Out of $1.0 billion required for the 2021 humanitarian response in north-east Nigeria, $225 million is required for Adamawa State.

For further information, please contact: Esty Sutyoko, Deputy Head of Office, OCHA Nigeria [email protected] +234 903 781 0095 Moseray Sesay, Head of Sub Office, OCHA Adamawa State [email protected] +234 703 171 8734 Christina Powell, Public Information Officer, OCHA Nigeria [email protected] +234 906 227 7205

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