The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today received a
vote worth US $ 3.4 million (about N750 million) for Integrated Provision of
Life-Saving Emergency Interventions for Vulnerable Populations in the north
east part of Nigeria, from the Government of Japan, ITRealms reports.
The grant, ITRealms
also reports, will be used for interventions focused on the Internally
Displaced Persons and conflict affected populations in the north east of
Nigeria in the sectors of Water Sanitation and Hygiene, Health, Nutrition, Child
Protection and Education.
ITRealms recalls
that the conflict in the north east of Nigeria especially in the states of
Borno, Yobe and Adamawa has caused large scale human suffering for the
populations in the areas especially children and women. The conflict has
triggered major population movements and the number of IDPs in the north east
has almost doubled in less than a year, from an estimated 647,000 in May 2014
to what International Office of Migration reports is now around 1.2
million. Children make up about 56 per
cent of those who have been internally displaced, with over half of them being
five-years or younger.
“This grant is timely
and will further boost the work UNICEF is doing in the northeast. It will make
a significant lifesaving contribution to alleviate the suffering of the
affected populations in the northeast especially children and women” said the
Officer in charge UNICEF in Nigeria Mr. Samuel Momanyi.
Since 2000, the Government of Japan has been a major donor
to UNICEF supporting interventions in child survival, prevention of infectious
diseases in children and emergency interventions in Nigeria, through the
UNICEF/Federal Government of Nigeria Programme of Cooperation.
“I earnestly hope that this grant aid will bring
humanitarian assistance to the affected populations, especially children in the
northeast of Nigeria” said Mr. Masaya Otsuka, Chargés d’Affaires ad interim of
the Embassy of Japan in Nigeria.
He also stressed the fact that the Government of Japan will
continue to cooperate with the people and Government of Nigeria and the
international community to mitigate the conflict through nonmilitary
assistance, and to support Nigerian people affected by the conflict.
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