Aisha, President Muhammadu Buhari’s
wife, on Saturday said she was on a week-long visit to the United States
of America to hold discussions with aid organizations on how to help
the women and children facing starvation in the north eastern part of
Nigeria.
Mrs. Buhari spoke in an interview with the Hausa service of the Voice of America, VOA.
“Our children in the various camps are in dire situation and the government alone cannot do it, we have to get help,” she said.
Mrs. Buhari said already, she had met with organisations known for promoting peace and provision of aids to displaced children.
Mrs. Buhari said she met with officials
of the United States Institute for peace on Friday and assured them that
unlike what obtained in the past, any aid rendered to displaced persons
would go to those who needed them.
She also said she told the officials
that what was needed now was not even cash because statistics had shown
that children between the ages of five months and seven years were dying
in large number due to hunger-related diseases.
She said the United Nations
International Children Fund (UNICEF) had been providing aid packages
containing nut-related supplements, which, she said, are produced in
large quantities by Nigerian farmers.
Mrs. Buhari said she told the officials that there was need to set up a plant in Nigeria that could produce the package.
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