Yobe State government has expressed its gratitude to all stakeholders who contributed towards the state’s march through Boko Haram crisis and the humanitarian crisis it brought.
The Yobe State Commissioner of Information, Alhaji Abdullahi Bego, who represented the governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, at a meeting of the Yobe state government with visiting Joint Humanitarian Technical Field Mission, comprising the representatives of the office of the Vice President, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, in Damaturu at the weekend.
He said Yobe State could not but appreciate the partnership support of important stakeholders and their determination to stay the course as Yobe works to address its myriad of challenges.
Others at the meeting include the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and IDPs, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), some development partners, and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management.
Bego said the meeting focused on what Yobe state government and important stakeholders and partners can do together, increasingly, to address the needs of thousands of people in the state who have been made vulnerable to food insecurity, malnutrition, and other health challenges as a result of the activities of non-state armed groups (NSAGs) and other recent social, economic, and climate-based challenges the state has experienced.
He said on the meeting that: “I underscored the continued commitment of His Excellency Governor Buni to finding durable solutions to the challenges of internal displacement and vulnerability. I noted that the high-level steering committee on durable solutions that he empaneled has gone forward in developing a strategic action plan complete with pathways for IDPs and vulnerable host communities.”
Bego emphasized that while the Buni administration continues to invest in healthcare, education, and other social services to mitigate the effects of the decade-long NSAGs conflict, the support of our partners would be significant in accelerating the process and ensuring that vulnerable people all across the state have a chance to reclaim their lives.
