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General News of Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

FG to launch national humanitarian development peace framework

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq

The Federal Government has announced the development of a National Humanitarian Development Peace Framework.

This was revealed by Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq in a virtual briefing to United Nations Member States on the Humanitarian Situation in Nigeria on Monday, June 21.

She said the National Humanitarian Coordination Technical Working Group, as directed by the National Humanitarian Coordination Committee (NHCC) came up with the initiative aimed at restoring peace and stability in Nigeria, Sunnewsonline.com.

The soon-to-be-launched framework is geared towards making humanitarian interventions in Nigeria timely, effective and coordinated between government, humanitarian and security agencies.

“The framework is a national and innovative home-grown approach to proactively address critical humanitarian and development challenges at the community, state, and federal levels.”

Addressing the United Nation member states, Farouq said the framework developed with the support of UNOCHA and other critical international and national humanitarian stakeholders will address root causes of conflict, by coherently addressing socio-economic vulnerabilities, to ensure sustainable peace, stability, and development in the country when launched.

“We will expect that all critical humanitarian, peace and resilience programmes and plans key into or are derived from the National Humanitarian Development Peace Framework and Strategy.”

She said the humanitarian landscape in Nigeria has been impacted by non-state armed groups in the North East region, environmental factors, the farmer-herder conflict, banditry activities in different parts of the country as well as the recent COVID-19 pandemic outbreak which has led to displacement, loss of livelihoods and food insecurity.

She said the Federal Government is determined to keep working with the international humanitarian community to ensure safe and efficient access to humanitarian workers as agreed upon by the National Humanitarian Coordination Committee, chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

With the government of Nigeria focused on early recovery of the North East region, through re-integration and rehabilitation of affected communities, she said other regions will be reintegrated with the aim of developing programmes and interventions to positively engage women and youths who are likely targets for radicalisation or criminal recruitment.