2,093,030 IDPs (370,389 households) were identified in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno,
Gombe, Taraba, Yobe, Nasarawa, Plateau, Kaduna, Kano, Zamfara states and Abuja FCT.
In total, 1,878,205 IDPs captured through the DTM assessments have been displaced by the insurgency (89.74% of the total IDP population).
Majority of the IDPs are identified in Borno (1,446,829) followed by Adamawa (163,559) and Yobe (135,442).
OVERVIEW
In response to the need for accurate information on internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nigeria, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) began implementing the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) project in July 2014. The project is supporting the Government of Nigeria and other humanitarian response partners to conduct IDPs assessments in a systematic way as well as to establish a profile of the IDP population.
Working in close collaboration with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and State Emergency Management Agencies (SEMAs), the DTM programme is worked to expand its reach to addressing the needs in accessible areas and gathering accurate information on the caseload of IDPs.
More and more LGAs are now accessible out of the 27 LGAs in insurgency-hit north-eastern State of Borno, bringing to light heightened need for immediate humanitarian response. IOM also assessed all LGAs in Yobe for the first time during this duration of this Round 11 Report. This is in addition to the assessments ongoing in 12 other states (Abuja FCT, Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Nasarawa, Plateau, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara) that cover a total of 224 LGAs and 1,495 wards where IDPs had been identified.
Since December 2015, IOM has also been conducting Biometric Registration of IPDs in camps, camp-like sites and host communities in the three north-eastern States of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. Biometric Registration includes capturing fingerprints of all members of household and in case of children below five photographs are taken. A profile of each IDP is created by collecting detailed information at the household level. The data is captured through an individual interview with the head of household and includes information on household members, displacement history, education, livelihood, return intention, assistance received and needs as well as on vulnerability.
The registered family is given an electronic card that is unique to them and the technology helps in removing duplications and accurate targeting of intended beneficiary. While following IOM’s international principles of confidentiality and data protection, biometric data is shared with humanitarian agencies to aid targeted assistance in selected communities of their intervention. To date, over 300,000 beneficiaries had been registered in north-east Nigeria by IOM.
The DTM teams are composed of representatives of NEMA, SEMAs, the Nigerian Red Cross and IOM. The assessment includes the collection of baseline information at LGAs and ward level and detailed surveys in camps and camp‐like sites. The DTM programme is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO). NEMA is also providing financial support to the programme.