- The federal government and six states from northeast said they spent $6.4 billion on interventions in northeast between 2016 and 2017-
The government has also announced the sum of $1 billion for security in 2018-
It promised to provide substantial resources to combat insecurity across the country.The minister of state for budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, said on Thursday, February 8, that the federal government and the six northeast states spent $6.4 billion on interventions in the northeast between 2016 and 2017.The minister made this known at the launching of the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for northeast Nigeria in Abuja.The minister explained that the HRP being launched was also in line with President Muhammadu Buhari Plan and the United Nations Development Partnership Framework
According to her, in 2016, $3.3 billion was spent on intervention, while in 2017 another $3.1 billion was expended.She said that a similar amount is being budgeted in the 2018 budget, which was still work in progress.Ahmed said that Nigerian government as part of her commitment, specifically, announced the sum of $1billion for security in 2018.She said that the Nigerian government would ensure that the 2018 HRP is supported and aligned with the humanitarian and development strategies as captured in the Nigerian Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.Ahmed appreciated all international donors and humanitarian partners for their interventions in addressing theNorth East crises.She also appealed for more resources to meet the immediate needs of the nearly 7.7 million people in dire need of humanitarian assistance in the area.Ahmed pointed out that the focus of the federal government in 2018 is on a quality response in the region towards reconstruction.The minister promised that the federal government would continue to provide substantial resources to combat insecurity across the country.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that $1.5 billion is required by international agencies to meet theneeds of 6.1 million people in the worst-hit states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY).Also, Edward Kallon, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria said that the launch of the 2018 HRP demonstrates the commitment of the International Community to the people of Nigeria.He said that it was also a clear and positive indication of the strong and continued partnership between the International humanitarian commit and the government of Nigeria.According to Kallon, the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria’s northeast has spilled into the Lake Chad region, which is in its ninth year and was one of the most severe in the world today.He said that the crises which were first and foremost protection crises has evolved into a food security and nutrition crisis with 7.7 million people in dire need of humanitarian assistance in the worst-hit states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY).Kallon said that 6.1 million people arebeing targeted for humanitarian assistance in the 2018 HRP by 60 organisations including UN agencies, International and National Non-governmental Organisations.
He said that the assistance ranges from food, protection, water, shelter,sanitation, medicine, agricultural support, which would be delivered to vulnerable women, children and men across the three states.News Agency of Nigeria compreviously reported that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, February 7, approved $2.5 billion (about N9 trillion)Eurobond external borrowing for refinancing.This was disclosed to the State House correspondents by the minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, at the end of the FEC meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.The minister stated that on the potential savings on the proposed USD2.5 billion refinancing, the estimated proceeds of N762.5 billion will be used to redeem Nigerian Treasury Bills (NTB

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