The Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Yusuf Sununu has called for a holistic approach to addressing poverty in Nigeria.
The Minister said there is need for the Ministry to collaborate with stakeholders to address poverty because government cannot do it alone.
Dr Sununu made this known when he received in audience, a delegation from the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Front (NDPSF) in his office in Abuja.
According to him, the Ministry is working towards the establishment of a National Council on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction. It will be a forum where all stakeholders will brainstorm and chat a way forward for the Nigerian humanitarian sector.
He also said that the Ministry is working on formulating the National Humanitarian Response Plan.
“The Ministry will look at the National Humanitarian crises and provide a National plan for the country” he said.
He appreciated the founder of the NDPSF, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari thanked the group, for supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by addressing youth restiveness in the Niger Delta Region.
Combatting poverty
Earlier, the National Chairman of NDPSF and leader of the delegation, Alabo Harry said the delegation was in the Ministry to seek partnership and to compliment what the Ministry is doing in job creation, skill acquisition and uplifting of the vulnerable.
To assist the Ministry in actualising the ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’ of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the group solicited for greater presence of the Ministry in the Niger Delta region.
He suggested that there should be citizens engagement mechanisms and workshops organized in the Niger Delta region to give more credibility, visibility, respect and honour to the programmes of the Ministry.
Harry said the NDPSF was established in 2003 by Alhaji Dokubo Asari to agitate for the Niger Delta People, be a mouth piece of the down trodden and be a voice for the voiceless in the region.
He pledged the organization’s readiness to collaborate with the Ministry to support what it is doing.
During the meeting, the Honourable Minister of State was presented with a plaque in recognition of his contributions to humanity and national development.
Emmanuel Ukoh
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