The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) has called on President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency, address the humanitarian crisis in Benue State Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps with hundreds of out-of-school children and many teenage pregnancies as a result of gunmen attacks.

ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, speaking during the union’s humanitarian outreach to IDP camps at the Abagana in Makurdi, the state capital, made the call, expressing hope that the Federal Government would do better this time as Nigerians are facing hardship.

Represented by Profs Ralph Ofokwu and Stellamarris Okey, the ASUU leader lamented the inability to safely, stressing that the affected residents could not return to their villages and homes which have been occupied by armed herdsmen.

While officials of the state emergency management agency assured the ASUU officials of transparency in sharing the items

Access24 reports that since January 2018, IDPs across 12 camps in Benue fled their homes after killer herdsmen attacked Logo and Guma local government areas, amongst other parts of the state.