 Established almost one and a half centuries ago in 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross says it has not derailed from its core mandate of helping people affected by conflict and armed violence. The group stated this during a court'sy visit to Plos TV Africa's office in Lagos by its spokesperson, Aliyu Dauri. Plos TV Africa's senior correspondent, Kayo De Ladende, tells us more. While it is debatable whether Nigeria is at war, the International Committee of the Red Cross is not leaving anything to chances as it continues to provide services to civilian population and the Northeast who are affected by the insurgency. Speaking on the challenges faced by its officers, the RCRC spokesman in Nigeria highlights the problem of access. Working with the International Committee of the Red Cross is actually a daunting task. A lot of issues come up and working in conflict situations because the organization is giving the mandate to protect and assist people that are affected by armed conflict and violence and this is what we've been doing in Nigeria. A lot of issues that have to do with access, most of the times what we want to do is to protect and assist people that are affected by violence and conflict. If we don't have access, then this is really going to be a big challenge because the populations out there are going to continue to suffer, there would be no food to support them with, there would be no medication, so this is really a big concern to us. Sadly some of the RCRC had had to pay the Supreme Prize while trying to save the civilian population. These the body says will not deter them from carrying out their functions dutifully. The humanitarian consequences in the Northeast of Nigeria where most of our operations are is actually very, very severe because we see a lot of people who don't have access to medication, to food, to shelter and so on and so forth. So these are some of the challenges that the organization is suffering because a lot of needs are out there and then our hands are tied. He explains that his neutral role is never called to question. ICRC is a neutral organization, a neutral humanitarian organization that is independently working to assist people that are affected by conflict and violence. This is our principle of operations. We try as much as possible to inform all the actors to the conflict, both the civilian population and also the armed groups, of course with the armed forces of Nigeria that we are a neutral organization and what we do is mostly to assist civilian populations. This is what we do. Of course we also call on all the actors to the conflict to respect the International Committee of the Red Cross and also by extension to respect all humanitarian actors that are there supporting people that are affected. The armed groups are expected to obey the rule of engagement which protecting ICRC officers and other humanitarian groups fall into. Only when this is followed to the letter the unwarranted attacks faced by these good-spirited citizens may not end in the nearest future. Kaya de la Dendi, Plus TV Africa.