Boko Haram Insurgency: Assessing the Response Capacity of National Emergency Management Agency Towards the Plights of Internally Displaced Persons in Adamawa State, Nigeria

This study examined the response capacity of National Emergency Management Agency towards the plights of internally displaced persons in Adamawa State, Nigeria. The study specifically examined the response capacity of NEMA with regards to health and feeding in Adamawa State. The research adopted mixed research methods, whereby both quantitative and qualitative approaches were employed. Questionnaire was used as the primary data collection instrument employed by the study. The questionnaire was administered on 579 IDPs of the three sampled camps. Descriptive statistics was utilized in the analysis of data and the results revealed that the health, feeding and education responses are weak. The study recommended, among others, that the Nigerian government through NEMA should ensure that it enhances budgetary allocation to health care of IDPs in Adamawa State, and the Nigerian government should enforce the existing legal framework, policy that would ensure all IDPs are properly fed in Adamawa State.