8.3 million Nigerians in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, according to Dr. Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
In an announcement made in Abuja by her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Rasheed Zubair, Edu provided the number.
The minister claims that some of Nigeria’s 16 million people are impacted by multiple humanitarian crises, with Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states suffering the most.
She added that, in addition to the North-East, Benue State has been designated by the UN as the center of humanitarian issues in Nigeria.
“We have a huge task on our hands, as we speak now, over 16m Nigerians are affected by humanitarian crises, either man-made or natural disaster, with over 8.3m of them based in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.
”Several states in the North Central; and others spread across the country.
“The UN said Benue had become the humanitarian need capital in Nigeria, and as such, a lot of work needs to be done in the humanitarian angle,” she said.
She further added that “One of the agendas of President Bola Tinubu’s administration is to ensure that poverty is alleviated in Nigeria in line with the SDG goal one.” (NAN)