The federal government has started gathering information about those affected by the ongoing instability in several of Katsina State’s local government areas.

News media reports that the data is being collected by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.

The goal, according to the team’s leader Nadia Muhammed-Soso, was to mainstream the victims into the National Social Investment Programs on Thursday in Katsina.

Funke Olatunji acted as Muhammed-representative. Soso’s He is the director of the ministry’s Special Duties Department.

The victims had endured enough suffering, she added, and needed support that would change their lives.

“It is a fact that insecurity in Nigeria has continued to restrict access to basic services and both affected people and host communities require emergency support and other necessary humanitarian assistance.

“To this end, the ministry whose mandate is to provide assistance for vulnerable groups in Nigeria, has realised the enormous challenges faced by the victims of terrorism across Nigeria and has commenced a pilot phase of sensitisation and survey of the victims,” she said.

The official listed the programmes run by the ministry to include Conditional Cash Transfer, Government Enterprise Empowerment Programme, N-Power, National Home Grown School Feeding Programme, and Grant for Vulnerable Groups.

“The ministry intends to mainstream the victims into all National Social Investment Programmes with a view to strengthening their resilience through social inclusion and provision of durable solutions,” she added.

Muhammed-Soso expressed optimism that those who benefited from the exercise would make the most of the chance and offer useful data that would aid the ministry in accomplishing its objectives.