Lake Chad: 14 countries pledge $672m at Oslo humanitarian conference
More than 672 million US dollars to be spread over 3 years has been pledged by 14 countries at the Humanitarian Conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad region in Oslo, Norway. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Friday said no donation would be taken for granted, according to a statement by the […]
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More than 672 million US dollars to be spread over 3 years has been pledged by 14 countries at the Humanitarian Conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad region in Oslo, Norway.
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Friday said no donation would be taken for granted, according to a statement by the Minister’s media aide, Sarah Sandra.
According to Onyeama, the sheer magnitude of the humanitarian crisis which cuts across Nigeria and countries contiguous to the Lake Chad area is today one of the largest and gravest humanitarian crisis in the world.
The Minister, who expressed Nigeria’s appreciation to the donors, said the donations came at a time the country is experiencing fiscal constraints as the economy has plunged into a recession in the midst of costly military operation against Boko Haram.
He said in Nigeria alone, 26 million people have been affected by the Boko Haram insurgency and 10.7 people have been identified by the 2017 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) as needing life-saving assistance.
Onyeama, however, blamed the crises on poverty, underdevelopment and high population pressure, which, he said, must be addressed.
The Conference is Co-hosted by Nigeria, Norway and Germany .