He said the MoU was signed by the executive director of the Katsina State Social Investment Programme Agency (KASIPA), Mudassir Nasir.
“Over 239,000 people have been affected, with many lives lost and injuries reported,” the statement said.
One in four of those countries are in West Africa: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Nigeria.
More than half of the people affected by these attacks are women, which leaves them at risk of exploitation and abuse.
IRC is extremely concerned about escalating food and nutrition insecurity in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria.
Sending refugees to Rwanda, or anywhere else, will never be an effective solution, warns the International Rescue Committee (IRC).
About two million persons have been internally displaced due to the violence, and some 500,000 have fled to neighbouring countries.
