Resilient Distribution Networks for Disaster Relief to Internally Displaced People's Camps in North Eastern Part of Nigeria

Abstract

Humanitarian operations rely extensively on logistics, particularly in uncertain, risky and urgent circumstances. Over the last two decades, disasters have caused significant loss of human life and economic loss. In Nigeria, insurgence as a form of man-made disaster has caused a lot of humanitarian crisis so far experienced in the nation, such as human casualties, forced displacement, refugee debacles, food insecurity and the spread of various diseases. The problems encountered by the Internally Displaced People (IDP) with regards to delivery of relief materials is an indication that the various measures put in place by the government are far from meeting the needs of the IDP in their various camps. This paper examines the distribution network of the relief materials, relying on information from secondary sources and recommends the need for an enabling law to be guiding the activities of the agencies involved in the distribution process, by signing National Disaster Management Framework (NDMF) into law, the use of 3^rd Party Logistics (3PL) in the distribution network to minimize corruption and the bureaucracy involved in using government agencies as it is, presently.