In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media & Public Affairs, Mr. Turaki Hassan on Saturday, Dogara said he was heartened by the initiative and collective will of spirited leaders and donors across the world to tackle food crisis in the North East.
Going further, he added, “On our part, as a Legislature and Government, we owe a duty to the international Community to set up solid and permanent legal framework to manage the resources donated or contributed for the development of the North East.”
The food crisis summit was convened to fashion ways to stump up funds to prevent food crisis in the North-East Nigeria, thereby preventing famine.
The event–hosted by the Norwegian, Nigerian and German governments and the UN–will bolster relief efforts in the next three years.
While this year’s global humanitarian appeal for Nigeria – at present 1.8% funded – is at an early stage, last year’s appeal is only a little more than 50% funded. The UN and humanitarian agencies say $1.5 billion is needed to cater for about five million people.
Dogara has been in the forefront of the campaign for convening of a donor conference for a total rehabilitation and reconstruction of the North East region of Nigeria, whose people and livelihood, mainly agrarian, have been destroyed by long activities of Boko Haram terrorists.
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