A quick look at the stats

(INTERNAL DISPLACED PERSONS’ (IDPs) DATA)

92,890km

(35,865sqm)

Area covered by Borno, which is larger than Portugal

80%

Percentage of IDPs in Nigeria hosted by Borno state

15%

92% Lagos

Literacy level of Lagos compared to Borno

71.5% Percentage of North East living in absolute poverty

35.8% percentage living in absolute poverty that are malnourished

The number of years the region was wracked by insurgency – 7

20,000 – Estimate number of lives claimed by the conflict

3.3 million Number of persons displaced by the conflict

6 billion – cost of destruction according to World Bank