PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND SUPPORT OF ORPHANED CHILDREN IN INTERNALL DISPLACED PEOPLES (IDPS) CAMPS IN MAIDUGURI METROPOLIS

M^millinf Ti? reCOrd that there are approximately one hundred and forty - live (145) million children worldwide who have lost at least one parent as a result of (world health organization/United States agency for international development, 2008). Since 1990 the number in Sub- Saharan Africa has risen by 50 /o,( United Nations children’s funds, 2006). Puwanagba, 2017 noted that millions of children have been oiphaned or separated from their families as a result of war. The North Eastern part of Nigeria has been battling with the activities of terrorists who have millions of citizens killed as a result of their activities. Satomi, 2016 reported that there are about 23,000 orphans in the internally displaced camps in Bomo state in the North Eastern part of Nigeria which has Maiduguri as the state’s capital. They are vulnerable children with no one to sponsor their education. Most of them according to Satomi are unaccompanied children; they are all Boko haram victims. Some of their parents were killed while some have fled without any trace.