Minister praises UNFPA’s efforts in Borno

Dr. Betta Edu, the minister for humanitarian affairs and poverty eradication, has praised the UN Population Fund in Nigeria (UNFPA Nigeria) and other organisations for their assistance to Borno’s most vulnerable citizens.

In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Maiduguri, Edu made the compliment.

After speaking with some displaced women and GBV survivors at the UNFPA One Stop Centre in the Muna camp in Maiduguri, the minister talked to NAN.

After receiving entrepreneurial training and other reproductive health help at the centre, she also inspected products being created by the survivors and other vulnerable women.

Edu claims that the UNFPA and other UN organisations contribute significantly to bolstering the efforts of the government.

“UNFPA and other organisations are working hard to support the government, and we will work to increase these responses at all levels,” the statement reads.

She explained that she had been sent to Borno as part of her first engagement outside of Abuja to examine the situation and determine how the federal government could assist the state, particularly in providing humanitarian help and reducing poverty.

Eight million people, according to her, were impacted by the insurgency in the states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe.

In order to prevent people from being permanently homeless or reliant on handouts, we want to create a system that is more resilient.

“We want to move them through livelihood, durable solutions from being Internally Displaced Persons to believing in self-reliance.”