The United Nation’s Children Fund UNICEF has committed 270m USD to integrate humanitarian Response and emergencies in Nigeria.
Country Representative of UNICEF, Christian Mundate made the pledge when she lead the Chief of Health & HIV/AIDS, Eduardo Celades, to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs in Abuja.
The UNICEF Chief also assured the Honourable Minister of technical support to build capacity of the Ministry’s staff as well as support the development of a Humanitarian Response Protocol for Nigeria to guide all Humanitarian Actors as this will facilitate effective coordination. In addition, they will support the establishment of a National Humanitarian Situation Room or Humanitarian Emergency Operation Centre (H-EOC) to monitor, mitigate and prevent Humanitarian Emergencies and build resilience in the system.
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Minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation Betta Edu, informed the delegation that the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is committed to lifting 133 Million poor Nigerians out of poverty in a phased approach; especially, the 71 Million extremely poor Nigerians who leave under one dollar ninety-five cents a day.
She charged UNICEF to also draw up plans towards supporting the FG on poverty alleviation. While assuring them of the commitment to transparency and accountability in all the processes of the Ministry, she said the engagement with partners like UNICEF will continue until the government achieves its desired objectives.
(Editor: Ena Agbanoma)
