Edu gave the figure in a statement by her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Rasheed Zubair, in Abuja.
According to the minister, part of the total 16 million Nigerians are affected by various humanitarian crises, with the three states – Borno, Yobe and Adamawa – worse hit.
She also noted that apart from the North-East, Benue State had been tagged the capital of humanitarian crises in Nigeria by the United Nations.
“We have a huge task on our hands, as we speak now, over 16m Nigerians are affected by humanitarian crises, either man-made or natural disaster, with over 8.3m of them based in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.
”Several states in the North Central; and others spread across the country.
“The UN said Benue had become the humanitarian need capital in Nigeria, and as such, a lot of work needs to be done in the humanitarian angle,” she said.
She further added that “One of the agendas of President Bola Tinubu’s administration is to ensure that poverty is alleviated in Nigeria in line with the SDG goal one.” (NAN)
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ReplyDeleteBut when Peter Obi said he will fight poverty starting from the North, almost every northerners with the exception of the few intelligent ones almost stone him to death for associating the north with poverty.
ReplyDeleteSo what changed now seeing and reading this statement above. I think this humanitarian office or ministry has become a conduit to be embezzling money. That was the same humanitarian aid the embattled CBN governor was remitting 500Billion monthly all through Buhari's administration to fight poverty in the north.
Now they have come up again with this madness to continue where they stopped .
These are the reasons Nigeria will always be bleeding economically.
The more things change, the more things remain the same ~~ Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
DeleteEvery single person that works for government embezzled money in Nigeria. From local to federal agencies and there is no one i believe in the history of the country that has ever been in any position both small and large that has never been corrupt. That is a fact. End of story. Period!
ReplyDeleteMeaning what exactly? Meaning she and her cohorts should embezzle there’s too??? God will judge you.
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