Ertharin Cousin
Executive Director, World Food Program and Yaya Olaiton Nigerian Ambassador to
Rome and other officials visited Maiduguri Borno state to launch a Conditional
Cash Transfer (CCT) program sponsored by the United Nations World Food Program
UNWFP in collaboration with NEMA targeting 45,000 households among the 1.2
million Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) residing in host communities across
the metropolis.
Before
flagging off the exercise and interacting with beneficiaries at Chezkon IDP
host community, the team was led on a courtesy call to the Deputy Governor of
Borno state Alhaji Usman Durkwa by the zonal coordinator NEMA North East Alh
Mohammed Kanar.
The team
which visited Maiduguri also included officials from NEMA Headquarters, Dr
Kayode Fagbemi Deputy Director Planning, Research/Forecasting and TPL Akande
Isiaka Iyiola Deputy Director Disaster Risk Reduction. WFP has been a major
partner of NEMA especially in providing tecnical support to the Agency in
managing Disaster across the country.
Abdulkadir
Ibrahim
Zonal Information
Officer
NEMA North
East
11.3.2016.
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