Boko Haram: UN to visit Borno, Abuja
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by isaac aregbesola5 it said that the mission to nigeria would provide a unique opportunity to create momentum for the nwow and to identify additional opportunities for a comprehensive crisis response in the lake chad region1 onyeama said this in an interview with the news agency of nigeria nan after a meeting with the un team leaders on the sidelines of the 73rd un general assembly in new york1 the minister said that the team would be led by the undp administrator mr achim steiner and un emergency relief coordinator and head of un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs ocha mr mark lowcock1 he said that the joint un development programme undp-ocha principal-level mission was part of the world ogranisation efforts to support the victims of boko haram insurgency in the region1 onyeama said that the visit was sequel to the high-level conference on the lake chad basin crisis in berlin where the international community committed to a comprehensive crisis response in the lake chad region1 he explained that the conference was held at the beginning of september in berlin on the humanitarian and development efforts on the lake chad basin area1 onyeama said that the visit was aimed at discussing with senior government and donor officials in nigeria on how to further strengthen humanitarian and development responses including national and local ownership in the northeast1 we are looking essentially on how to build on the humanitarian programme and the un has been very much involved and supportive on the humanitarian front in the northeast1 foreign affairs minister geoffrey onyeama says a un joint delegation will visit maiduguri bama and abuja first week of october to scale up its humanitarian intervention in the crisis affected areas1 and of course it is about reconstruction rehabilitation and resettlement it is about creating an environment for economic growth which will require school education and also jobs1 this is what we are looking at and un where they can invest the resources and the technical aspect he said1 the un had said in a statement that the objectives of the joint undp-ocha principal-level mission was to address humanitarian resilience and stabilisation needs of communities to prevent a protracted crisis in northeast1 the urgency to make progress on the new way of working nwow by the un country team and the humanitarian country teams uncthct has been amplified by large-scale humanitarian needs and the related imperative to address the root causes of the lake chad basin crises in a comprehensive and sustainable way1 accordingly the nigeria uncthcts are jointly working on formulating collective outcomes which will guide planning and interventions of humanitarian and development actors he said1 the world body said thatpragmatic pilot projects were currently being set upwhere several agencies can work together in a defined geographic area to address immediate support needs in the area1 it stated that this would also help establish the foundations for community recovery and resilience1 we realised that we have to now move towards the development stage they also want to hear from the nigerian government what they should be looking at1