The United Nations on Friday called for stronger partnership with stakeholders to address humanitarian crisis caused by Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East region.
Browsing: Mark Lowcock
At least 826,000 Nigerians are severely affected by heavy flooding after the banks of the country’s two main rivers – Niger and Benue – bursted following heavy rain, which began falling in August.
Onyeama said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria after a meeting with the UN team leaders on the sidelines of the 73rd UN General Assembly in New York.
The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, has said that in spite of improvements in the humanitarian situation in the Lake Chad region, millions continue to remain dependent on life-saving assistance.
Lowcock, who stated this while giving a brief about his visit to Nigeria and the Niger Republic earlier this month, said vulnerable people were “a step away from starvation” in the Lake Chad Basin region
Mark Lowcock, the Permanent Secretary at the UK’s DFID, announced this on Tuesday night in Abuja during a reception to launch the programme