One thing my work with @sbmintelligence does is take me around #Nigeria (well, as the organisation has grown, others do more of the field travelling).
In the course of our work, we have come across IDP camps, official and unofficial, in almost all states of the country.
There is one major reason why we have so many internally displaced people in #Nigeria - security, or a lack of it.
Our country has the 7th largest number of internally displaced people in the world, behind #Syria, #Colombia, the #DRCongo, #Somalia, #Afghanistan & #Yemen.
On our current projections, if nothing is done to arrest the spiralling violence, within a decade we'd be third behind the #DRCongo and #Colombia.
These people need help, and one organisation that is doing good work in that regard is the Abuja-based @Globalrightsng.
On 7 August 2019, I created SOS IDP Camp, a private @OfficialFPL league, and set the ball rolling with a donation of ₦150,000.
After my initial tweet, a number of people added some money until we reached a total of ₦1.7 million.
I am grateful to @MrBure, @twittpope, @kollybolly600, @kazhamza, @TechProd_Arch, @otimkpu1, @ogbueshindu, @KrZyBeatsByIfix, @naijadesires, @buchionyegbule and @oluwa_oladapo for their donations.
Now that the English Premier League season is over, we have a winner, he is Dotun Ojo, whose team, Totori me 4 times got a total of 2366 points to beat everyone.
For the records, my own team, El Cid Albion, finished 734 in the 1,138 team league.
I'm flushed that 1,138 people felt this was a cause worthy enough of participating in.
It is more evidence that at heart, Nigerians are considerate people.
The prize money of ₦1,700,000, has been transferred to @Globalrightsng as of this morning, and I am asking Mr Ojo, our winner, to contact me or @bbiodun, the Executive Director of Global Rights, with some proof of identity.
After a discussion with them on their nationwide projects which have helped various communities, it is his job to decide where the money will go.
Thanks, everyone for playing.
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