The United Kingdom (UK) has been identified as one of the
biggest donors supporting UNICEF’s humanitarian response in northeast Nigeria,
as well as its work in other parts of the country, reports ITRealms.
A press release by the UK’s Department for International
Development (DFID), quoted the International Development Secretary Priti Patel as
revealing a new package of humanitarian support during the visit.
“Parts of northeast Nigeria including the outskirts of
Maiduguri - a city that the Secretaries of State visited - have been decimated
by attacks from Boko Haram. The militant group have killed over 20,000 people,
displaced 1.7 million and left 8.5 million in desperate need of urgent support.
Ongoing attacks continue to destroy communities, with recent reports of
children being forced to carry suicide bombs,” part of the statement read.
ITRealms gathered, UK increased support would extend DFID’s
humanitarian programme in Nigeria over five years (2017-2022) to deliver: lifesaving
food for more than 1.5 million people; treatment for up to 120,000 children at
risk of dying from malnutrition-related causes; ongoing support to help keep
100,000 girls and boys in education, providing a brighter future for the next
generation; and humanitarian access to transport aid workers delivering
assistance to the hardest to reach areas, for example using helicopters where
roads are blocked or dangerous to use.
“It is catastrophic that at least 20,000 people have been
murdered by Boko Haram’s terrorist regime, and over five million people have
been left hungry and many homeless. Babies’ bodies are shutting down and
mothers who have lost everything are fighting to keep their children
alive.
“Global Britain is a country that stands tall in the world and
the UK will not turn its back on people living in danger and desperation,” Priti
Patel.
Chuks Egbune/GEE
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