Army to Support
Army to Support UNDP’s Rebuilding Programme in
N/East
As the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP-Nigeria)
prepares to flag-off it various stabilization programme in the
troubled North-Eastern region of the country, Lieutenant-General
Tukur Yusuf Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has assured
the international organization’s President
Representative-Designate, Mr. Mohammed Yahaya, of Nigerian Army’s
full support towards the successful implementation of all their
laudable projects.
Lt. Gen. Buratai, informed the UNDP’s President
Representative-Designate, who paid him a courtesy visit at the Army
Headquarters that NA will provide maximum security to officials of
UNDP and aid workers to be deployed across the North-East, for
their humanitarian exercise.
“We want to assure you that the Army is ready, and will fully
provide an enabling environment for your men to perform their jobs
without apprehension of terrorists’ attacks. The NA is very proud
of UNDP, and immensely appreciate their various intervention
programmes in Nigeria. We urge other local Non-Governmental
Organisations (NGOs) and international bodies to also embark on
executing life-touching projects in the North-East. And they can be
sure that NA will offer them her overwhelming support,
collaboration and robust partnership,” he said.
The COAS, who congratulated Mr. Yahaya on his recent appointment as
UNDP-Nigeria’s President Representative, also highlighted some
enviable strides recorded by the organisation, especially in the
area of peace building and conflict resolution to several
war-plagued and conflict-ridden African nations.
“At the moment, the NA has inaugurated and launched several
stabilization programmes and rebuilding projects in the North-East.
In fact, most of these landmark projects have been implemented to
remarkable extents,” he disclosed.
Speaking earlier, Mr. Mohammed, said the purpose of initiating
and flagging-off their stabilization programme is to assist the
Nigerian Government in addressing the excruciating plight of
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and communities which have been
ravaged by insurgency.
“The idea behind designing and implementing our stabilization
programme is to also draw the attention of other key stakeholders
to speedily help rehabilitate victims of insurgency. They should
come in and help restore the IDPs’ once-upon-a-time means of
livelihood. They should assist in empowering displaced persons.
They should lend their financial supports towards rebuilding vital
infrastructure in the North-East,” he stated.
While soliciting NA’s support, the UNDP’s envoy, emphasized that
their stabilization programme is all about restoring the source of
livelihood of the IDPs’ and other victims of extremism, rebuilding
critical infrastructure, and reconstruction of wrecked communities,
among others.
By PRNigeria