Christou, wanda ya bayyana hakan a ranar Juma’a a wani taron manema labarai a Abuja bayan ya ziyarci Maiduguri, ya bayyana cewa a tsakanin watan Janairu zuwa Agustan bana an samu karuwar kashi 51 cikin 100 na karbar yara masu tsanani idan aka kwatanta da na shekarar da ta gabata.
Ya ce jama’a a arewacin Najeriya sun sha fama da matsalar karancin abinci mai gina jiki, da yawaitar barkewar cututtuka da za a iya rigakafinsu, da rashin wuraren kiwon lafiya da ma’aikatan lafiya; ƙara da rashin tsaro na ci gaba.
“A ziyarar da na kai Maiduguri, na ziyarci asibitoci da asibitocin da MSF ke aiki. Muna tallafawa tsarin kula da lafiya na cikin gida don magance zazzabin cizon sauro da sauran cututtuka, da kuma samar da damar yin hidimar haihuwa. Kwanan nan, mun kaddamar da cibiyar kula da cutar kwalara, bayan an sanar da barkewar cutar kwalara a hukumance. Duk wannan ya faru ne a bayan wani bala’i na rashin abinci mai gina jiki.
“Daya daga cikin abokan aikina, wani likita dan Najeriya da ke aiki da MSF sama da shekaru takwas, ya shaida min cewa wannan shekarar ta bambanta. A kowace shekara, ya ce, a wannan lokacin, muna ganin munanan yara masu fama da tamowa suna zuwa asibiti cikin wani mawuyacin hali. Sai dai a bana, a daidai lokacin da ya kamata a kare kololuwar, adadin majinyatan da ake kwantar da su a asibiti bai ragu ba.
Duba nan:
- Jihar Nijar na fama da bala’in ambaliyar ruwa, mutum 339 sun mutu
- FG ta bayar da tallafin naira miliyan 366m kashi na 1 a kan titin Abuja zuwa Kaduna
- Severe malnutrition rises by 51% in northern Nigeria
“Mafi muni, yanayin da suke ciki ya fi tsanani fiye da yadda aka saba. Sau da yawa mutane ba sa samun damar ko da zuwa asibiti na asali a inda suke zaune kuma ba su da isassun kuɗi ko abin hawa. A sakamakon haka, sun makara zuwa gare mu,” ya bayyana.
A cewarsa, kungiyoyi da dama da ke bayar da tallafi a Maiduguri da sauran sassan arewacin kasar sun rage kasafin kudi ko ma dakatar da ayyukansu.
Ya ce, “A cikin ’yan shekarun da suka gabata, MSF ta sami ƙaruwa sosai a yawan waɗanda ake shigar da su don rashin abinci mai gina jiki. Lambobin a cikin 2022 da 2023 sun riga sun yi girma sosai. Amma a tsakanin watan Janairu zuwa Agustan bana, mun samu karuwar kashi 51 cikin 100 na karbar yaran da ke fama da matsananciyar rashin abinci mai gina jiki, idan aka kwatanta da na shekarar da ta gabata. A cikin watanni takwas na farkon wannan shekara, mun yi wa yara 52,725 jinya masu tsananin rashin abinci mai gina jiki, yanayin da ke barazana ga rayuwa, a fadin Arewacin Najeriya.”
Da yake tabbatar da cewa, shugaban tawagar MSF, Ahmad Bilal ya bayyana cewa, a jihohin da MSF ke aiki, an samu shigar mutane 200,000 a cibiyoyin ciyar da jinya da kuma karbar 52,000 daga watan Janairu zuwa Agusta idan aka kwatanta da na bara.
“A shekarar da ta gabata, shigar da ATFCs ya karu da kashi 50 cikin 100 yayin da cibiyoyin ciyar da marasa lafiya suka karu da kashi 60 cikin 100. Akwai lokacin da muke sanya marasa lafiya biyu a gado daya kuma wannan abin damuwa ne idan muka ga karuwar da sama da kashi 50 cikin dari.”