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| Senate Leader, Alhaji Muhammad Ali Ndume |
Senator Ali Ndume on Friday appealed to well-meaning individuals,
non-governmental agencies and international communities to help tackle
challenges of hunger, poverty and malnutrition in Nigeria’s North East
region.
Ndume, who is representing Borno South Senatorial zone, made the
appeal while answering questions from State House correspondents after
joining President Muhammadu Buhari in performing the 2-raka’at Juma’at
prayer in the State House.
The senator, who noted that the war against Boko Haram in the North
East was almost over, however said that the region was now faced with
hunger, poverty and malnutrition.’’
He stated that current efforts by the Federal Government to tackle
insurgency had been yielding positive results, adding that immediate
measures should be taken by stakeholders to ameliorate the suffering of
the people in the zone.
The fight against Boko Haram, with the determination and seriousness
from this government, is almost over.We are facing another war and that
is fight against hunger, malnutrition and poverty, and that too,
government is bracing up to it.
We are crying out, we are looking up to you to help us in the North
East particularly.Particularly in Borno, the aftermath of the
insurgency, which is almost over, is the issue of hunger, poverty and
malnutrition.
For three years our people who mostly depended on subsistence
farming, did not go to their farms, and government alone cannot feed the
whole North East or Borno state alone, and that is our greatest
challenge.
We are calling on all non-governmental agencies, individuals, all
Nigerians and even the international community to join hands in helping
our people no matter how little it is.’’
Ndume described the current face-off in the House of Representatives
over accusations and counter-accusations of budget padding as “media
creation.’’
The senator, who said such face-off was unnecessary, advised all
parties involved to channel their grievances through the internal
legislative mechanisms for amicable settlement.
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