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‎Kogi: S/Court gives reasons for dismissing Faleke, Wada’s appeals
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Reasons
By Martins Odeh
Abuja, Sept.30, 2016 (NAN) The Supreme Court on Friday said it dismissed the appeal of James Faleke of the All Progressive Congress (APC) on Kogi governorship elections because the reliefs sought were “aberration, not known to law’’
The court, while giving reasons for its decisions of Sept. 20 on the elections also said that the respective appeal by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Idris Wada failed because it was “frivolous’’.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the apex court panel of seven judges had unanimously dismissed the three appeals, respectively contesting the return of Gov. Yahaya Bello of the APC.
Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun who read the lead judgment in Faleke’s case said the court dismissed the appeal because the claims by the appellant were not supported by any extant laws.
“This is a simple law. Since the election, had not been completed and the final results issued by the electoral body, Faleke, as a running mate, cannot claim ‎victory in the election,’’ she said.
She held that Faleke was not qualified to benefit the votes the APC scored in the contest before the death of the party’s governorship candidate, Prince Audu Abubakar, because he did not meet the condition precedent.
Kekere-Ekun said that Faleke neither obtained nomination form nor substantively participated in the APC governorship primaries.
The Judge further said that INEC had already declared the election inconclusive before Audu’s sudden death.
Adducing reasons in support of Bello’s qualification, the Judge held that the Electoral Act gives room for substitutions of candidates on account of either death or withdrawal.
She said the extant law gives powers to political parties to take full charge of the process of selection of candidates for elections, adding that the court lacked the jurisdiction to stop them.
Kekere-Ekun, therefore, held that the substitution of the late governorship candidate of the party with Bello was apt.
“Nothing can be more apt as the governor had fully participated in the governorship primary election of the APC and came second after Abubakar.
“Unlike Faleke who did not meet that condition, but was simply selected to be a deputy governor.
“By virtue of the provisions of Section 221 of the 1999 Constitution it is the political parties that actually contest elections.
“The governor having become candidate of APC, and legally sponsored by the same party can lay claim to the votes scored by the party in the Nov. 21, 2015 poll,’’ she held.
Faleke, the running mate to Abubakar had filed the appeal against Bello’s victory in the Dec.5, 2015 supplementary election.
He urged the court to return him as duly elected on the grounds that the Abubakar/Faleke ticket had already scored the majority votes of 240, 873 in the Nov.21, 2015 governorship election.
He contended that INEC acted in bad faith by declaring the election inconclusive because he (Faleke) should have been declared as governor after the death of Abubakar.
Similarly, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta in his lead judgment gave reasons why the apex court dismissed the appeals by PDP and Wada.
“The testimonies relied on by the appellants relate to qualification of the first respondent (Bello) and his alleged failure to personally nominate a running mate.
“They have also challenged his non-participation in the Nov. 21, 2015 election and the combination of the votes and votes scored by late Abubakar.
“We join the tribunal and the appeal court to hold that the testimonies have no probable value,’’ he held.
Ngwuta further said that the concurrent decision of the two courts below was affirmed because the appellants had not advanced any reason for the apex court to hold otherwise.
“It is my view that the appellants did not prove a ground for this court to interfere with the concurrent findings of the trial tribunal and the court of appeal,’’ Ngwuta held.
NAN reports that the appeals filed by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Labour Party (LP) on the elections suffered similar fate. (NAN)
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Plateau: Gyel community youths threaten protest over land deals
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Protest
Jos, Sept. 30, 2016 (NAN) Some youths of Gyel community in the Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau have threatened to embark on a street protest over alleged illegal land deals by some influential elders in connivance with the clan head.

Solomon Dung, Spokesman of the youths, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Jos that the clan head of Gyel and some influential elders had forcefully taken away their communal farmlands  without their consent.

Dung said that their proposed agitation had the support of their parents, whose lands had been invaded by a private firm, Vicampro Agricultural Company, which claimed to have received authority from the clan head.

He said that elders in the five communities that  make up Gyel suddenly woke up to discover that they had lost their only means of livelihood as they are predominantly farmers.

According to him, the company has moved into their communal farmlands without prior notice.

He said all attempts to determine those behind the land deals proved futile as the clan head, Danga Nga Dangyang,  and Nyam Dare, who represents Jos South Local Government in the State House of Assembly, had denied knowledge.

Dung called for the intervention of the Plateau Government in the matter as no fewer than 2,000 youths had been mobilised for the protest.

He said that the youths had written to the Police, the Governor’s office and the State House of Assembly on their intention to march on Jos to show their disapproval to the land deals.

Dung said the protest would begin from D.B. Zang  and terminate at the assembly premises.

However, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Adekunle Oladunjoye, said he had yet to receive any letter from the aggrieved youths.

“When I see the letter, I will treat it on its own merit.

“They should write; if elders are not the ones fighting, then something is actually happening.

“It is important for us to always dialogue because if the company takes over their land, it is the youths who will be employed.

“If you can see them, tell them there is no need to fight,” he said. (NAN)
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Police arrests 3 suspected killers of NSCDC staff in Kaduna

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Arrest

By Mohammad Tijjani

Kaduna, Sept. 30, 2016 (NAN) The Kaduna State Police Command, on Friday said it had arrested three suspects alleged to have killed a personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).

The Command’s Public Relation Officer, ASP Aliyu Usman, said in a statement issued in Kaduna, that the command had also arrested three suspected kidnappers.

According to him, the three suspected killers had on September 8, allegedly attacked and killed the NSCDC officer, Timothy Ayuba, on his way from Bakin Kasuwa to Sabon Gayan in Chukun Local Government Area of the state.

“The armed men made away with the victim’ s motorcycle which was later recovered.

“Two Bajaj motorcycles were also recovered from the suspects, one belonging to one Idi Bello and the other to an unidentified victim.

“Investigation is in progress to arrest other members of the syndicate.”

Usman also said the command had also arrested the suspected kidnappers of Mrs Fatima Inusa, the wife of Dr Inusa Umar of the Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Mrs Inusa was kidnapped by gunmen at her residence in Zaria, on September 19.

He said the suspects were arrested behind ABU main campus in Zaria, after a massive manhunt by operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau.

“All the suspects confessed to have committed the crime, but investigation is on to arrest the rest of the accomplices.“ Usman said

He appealed for the support of the public to rid the state of criminals.(NAN)

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Tetanus
By Vivian Ihechu
Lagos, Sept. 30, 2016 (NAN) Dr Lucy Yaguo Ide, a Community/Social Paediatrician, on Friday said there was need for improved awareness and strategies to eliminate  Maternal Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) infections in Nigeria.

Yaguo Ide, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that MNT contributed a high proportion to neonatal deaths in the country.

According to her, a major way to achieve this elimination is to sensitise and urge pregnant women to take the Tetanus Toxoid (TT) vaccine, as well as expand immunisation coverage.

The UNICEF website, www.unicef.org says: “Neonatal tetanus strikes rapidly, killing newborns soon after birth; tetanus occurs when a bacterium, Clostridium tetani, enters the body through an open wound or puncture.

“In the new born, through the umbilical cord, ear piercing and circumcision wounds, especially if these procedures are carried out with unsterile materials; the bacteria produce a toxin, poison that attacks the central nervous system.

“MNT elimination in a country is defined as neonatal tetanus rate of less than one case of neonatal tetanus per 1000 live births in every district of the country’’.

Yaguo Ide of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port-Harcourt, said that Nigeria was one of the 19 countries in the world that still recorded MNT.

“A 2015 World Health Organisation’s report says that Nigeria is still one of the high risk countries that have yet to achieve the maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination goal.

“ It is one of the 13 in Africa.

“In Nigeria, it is estimated that the mortality rate of MNT infection is as high as 50 per cent and ranges from two per cent to 50 per cent or more, depending on the locality.

“The NDHS 2013 reports that the percentage of women who received two or more tetanus toxoid (TT) injection during their last pregnancy is 48 per cent.

“The report also said that only 53 per cent of women had their last birth protected against neonatal tetanus.

“The proportion of these women who received two or more TT injections during the pregnancy for their last live birth, however, varied considerably across zones,’’ she quoted the report as saying.

According to her, many women are ignorant about the devastating effects of not being immnusied and the gravity of MNT.

“ Maternal immunisation protects both the mother and fetus from the morbidity of some infections; women of child bearing age are expected to have five potent doses of the tetanus toxoid.

“A pregnant woman is to take at least two doses of tetanus toxoid vaccine before delivery; the second dose is to be taken within a month of the first dose.

“ As the organism that causes tetanus attacks fast, it is very important to take these doses before the child is born, because, the newborn does not yet have immunity.

“So, if the mother was vaccinated during that pregnancy, she develops antibodies which are transferred to her baby and the baby gets protected at birth.

“The antibodies are able to cross over from the mother to protect the baby from the tetanus organism, if the child gets infected,’’ she said.

She added: “The first dose (TT-1), is taken at first contact sometime within a pregnancy, the second dose (TT-2) is taken a month later and the third dose (TT-3) is taken six months later.

“The fourth dose is taken one year later and the last dose another year later.

“However, TT-1 does not offer protection rather it is TT-2 that gives that tangible immunity against the disease for both the baby and mother.

“Adherence to this is estimated to contribute to the reduction of mortality from neonatal tetanus by 94 per cent’’.

On the contributing factors to the high prevalence of neonatal deaths as a result of tetanus, Yaguo Ide said that “our preventive and control interventions for tetanus are still very poor.

“Interventions such as immunisation, essential obstetric care and good cord care as well as education are still very poor and they are major contributing factors to the continued existence of tetanus.

“ The prevalence of neonatal tetanus has also remained high in Nigeria because a high proportion of deliveries still take place at home or in unhygienic environments.’’

Yaguo Ide called for certain measures to be put in place to address these challenges.

“Every case of tetanus in Nigeria indicates a major failure of public health practice; something needs to be done urgently.

“ Neonatal tetanus can be completely prevented by ensuring the full immunisation of females before or during pregnancy, ensuring clean delivery, and clean severance of the umbilical cord and proper care of the cord after delivery.

“Post neonatal tetanus can be prevented by ensuring complete tetanus toxoid doses in infancy and giving booster doses at primary and secondary school entry and then every 10 years thereafter.

“ There is need to promote and strengthen female education as well as increase the level of public awareness on tetanus and the associated risk factors.

“ The health facilities should be made more accessible and affordable to pregnant mothers and children by offering them free or subsidised healthcare services,’’ she said. (NAN)
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NANFeatures/Vol.10/No.230/2016 (Sept. 30)

Diversifying Nigeria’s economy via cassava production

A News Analysis by Jacinta Nwachukwu and Ginika Okoye, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Nigeria Opia Kumah recently noted in a forum that cassava has a huge potential to drive Nigeria’s economy.

According to him, linking cassava cultivation to industrial production will create jobs and improve living standards of the farmers, especially women who are predominant in its cultivation.

He observed further that UNDP recently inaugurated an agriculture initiative known as the Agribusiness Supplier Development Programme (ASDP) to assist Nigeria in the diversification of its economy.

He stressed that the initiative was primarily designed to improve cassava and rice production for small holder farmers to reduce dependence on oil in the country.

Kumah explained that ASDP would promote cassava production which could generate multiplier benefits as well as reduce poverty, especially in the rural communities.

Similarly, the President, Cassava Growers Association, Mr Segun Adewumi, said cassava had the potential to infuse not less than N20 trillion annually into the country’s economy if adequately utilised.

He added that cultivation of cassava, one of the most reliable cash crops in the world, could also stimulate industrial revolution and solve Nigeria’s economy problems.

According to him, making cultivable lands available to cassava farmers will make them improve their yields and create employment.

Adewumi added that cassava cultivation, production and processing could replace oil and generate foreign exchange for the country if fully tapped.

He expressed regret that the country spent more than N600 billion each year to import ethanol and starch which were cassava derivatives that could be processed and sourced locally.

“Cassava has about 20 food types such as tapioca, fufu, garri, cassava bread, cassava cake and cassava flour, among others.

“It also has three major industrial products such as ethanol, starch and cassava flour which are raw materials for other products.

“We have been trying to set up industries that will utilise cassava for the benefit of the country,’’ he said.

He called on government to promote cassava cultivation, saying if cassava was accorded the needed attention, it would rise beyond oil.

“The Federal Government should provide adequate infrastructural facilities for farmers to encourage bumper production of cassava.

“It should encourage setting up industries and mechanisable cassava farms,’’ Adewumi stressed.

The president observed that modern cassava cultivation required mechanisation to meet up with international best practices.

In the same vein, Mr Rajavelu Rajasekar, the Director of Allied Atlantic Distilleries Ltd., an ethanol manufacturing company in Nigeria, said that encouraging local production of ethanol would make the country save its foreign exchange.

He, therefore, appealed to government at all levels to provide suitable land for farmers to enable them cultivate cassava.

“Nigeria is importing 260 million litres of ethanol and we produce nine million litres in a year.

“Thousands of direct and indirect employments on loading, agriculture, transport are the benefits of the local people in the farming area and the factory area.

“We have the ambitious plan of multiplying this mill in different states and we are working towards another three to four mills before 2020.

“We want to increase from nine million litres to 75 million litres in another four to five years,’’ Rajasekar said.

Stressing the values of cassava cultivation, Dr Audu Grema, the Senior Programme Officer, Agriculture, West African Office of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said the foundation was funding a cassava value addition project in Abeokuta to sustain food security in Nigeria.

Grema noted that the foundation would align its programmes with the Federal Government agricultural policy to enable the country to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Similarly, Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the Federal Government had established a cassava bread development fund to encourage farmers.

Ogbeh, who said this at a round-table on cassava value chain recently in Abuja, noted that the government had procured cassava milling machines for the purpose of producing high quality cassava flour in the country.

The minister said the Federal Government was partnering with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to reposition the country’s Staple Crop Processing Zone.

He added that repositioning the zone would encourage and attract both local and international companies to invest in cassava production and processing.

“The Federal Government has inaugurated the new policy regime on agriculture known as the Green Alternative,’’ he said.

According to him, the new policy is out to link the small holder farmers to increase cassava production, create jobs to generate foreign exchange.

Sharing similar sentiments, Mr Babajide Arowosafe, the Executive Director, Technical, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System in Agricultural Lending, opined that there was the need to refocus Nigeria from major importers of cassava derivatives to major exporters of the products.

He said that the organisation, an arm of the Central Bank of Nigeria that disburses low cost financing to Nigerian agribusinesses, was ready to support the economy using agriculture as a platform.

“Nigeria is the highest producing country of cassava tubers in the world. We need to look at the comparative advantage that we have to add value to the economy,’’ he said.

Nutritionists, nonetheless, observe that cassava crop is not only useful in diversifying the economy but can be used to improve health.

They note that one cup of boiled cassava contains 330 calories, 78 grammes of carbohydrates, three grammes of protein and four grammes each of fibre and sugar.

According to them, being naturally gluten-free, cassava is extremely useful for celiac patients and others trying to avoid gluten.

They also note that cassava is one of several root foods defined by the Philippines’ Department of Science and Technology as a good diet for diabetic patients.(NANFeatures)

**If used, please credit the writer as well as News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

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Inauguration
By Sunday John
Akwanga (Nasarawa State) Sept. 30, 2016 (NAN) Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has inaugurated two hostel blocks at the College of Education (COE), Akwanga, Nasarawa State.

The governor, while inaugurating the buildings on Friday in Akwanga, said it was part of activities to commemorate the 20^th anniversary of the state.

Al-Makura said that the initiative was borne out of the lack of hostel accommodation in all the tertiary institutions in the state and the attendant effects on the security and comfort of the students.

He said that the project was part of the 10 blocks of hostels being constructed across the four state-owned tertiary institutions in the state.

According the him, the projects would gulp N2 billion of the N10 billion bond secured from the stock exchange.

“The government is building four hostels in Nasarawa State University Keffi; two in COE Akwanga, two in the State Polytechnic Lafia; and two in the College of Agriculture, Lafia.

He promised to provide motorised borehole in each of the hostels in the next one month.

The governor also inaugurated a market in Akwanga with over 500 shops and other facilities such as toilets, motor parka and a bank.

He said that the priority of the government “is to meet the needs of the categories of people who are not on the payroll of government’’.

Al-Makura advised traders in the state to organise themselves into groups and cooperatives in order to benefit from the soft loans from government to boost their businesses.

He assured the people of the state that the government would soon embark on the second and third phases of the market to increase the number of shops to 1500. (NAN)
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FCT Minister, Indian business delegation discuss investment in agric, waste management

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Talks
By Kabir Muhammad
Abuja, Sept. 30, 2016 (NAN) FCT Minister Muhammad Bello on Friday received a 22-member Indian business delegation in Abuja to explore possible investment areas and partnership, with a view to developing the territory.

The delegation was part of the entourage of the visiting Vice President of India, Shri Mohammed Hamid Ansari, who is in Nigeria to discuss bilateral relations.

Ansari was in the FCTA for a sideline meeting with the Minister.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the discussions focused on investment in agriculture  and waste management.

Bello noted that the agricultural potential in the FCT was enormous, waiting to be tapped and, therefore, urged the delegation to explore that area.

The minister noted that Nigeria has comparative advantage in agriculture and that Abuja climate is very friendly for growing different cash crops.

According to him, cashew is doing very well in the FCT, adding that with a little value addition, the income could be unimaginable.

Bello, therefore, urged investors to establish industries in Abuja.

He assured them that the FCT Administration was prepared to support them by providing the enabling environment for investment.

On waste management, the minister further said that a lot of work had been undertaken in that respect in the past.

Bello said that the FCT Administration had already developed a blueprint for easy take-off of the industry and enjoined the delegation to take advantage of the opportunities.

Responding, the leader of the delegation, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gupta, appreciated the warm reception given to them and promised to continue the discussions with the FCTA technical officials. (NAN)

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Politicians
By Shuaibu Tatu
Birinin Kebbi, Sept. 30, 2016 (NAN) The Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu Bashar, has called on political office holders to discharge their duties with the fear of God and justify the confidence reposed in them by the electorate.

Bashar made the call on Friday when he received Dr Haliru Bala, the Commissioner representing North-west zone at National Population Commission (NPPC).

He advised indigent politicians, who got political appointments and elective positions,to use their positions to contribute their quota to socio-economic development of the state and the nation at large.

Earlier, Bala had said he was at the palace to formally inform the emir of his new appointment and to also congratulate him on the successful completion of the 2016 Hajj.

In a related development, the emir also received other political appointees including Abubakar Nayaya, the state Chairman of Local Government Service Commission and Alhaji Yusuf Haruna, the state Special Adviser on Political Affairs. (NAN)
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Jigawa Govt, foundation empower 100 VVF patients

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VVF
Dutse, Sept. 30, 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa Government on Friday said it had trained 100 Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) patients in the state in different vocations and entrepreneurship.

Hajiya Ladi Ibrahim, the Commissioner, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse.

Ibrahim said the training was in conjunction with the Fistula Foundation in Nigeria which provided the empowerment tools, while the state government provided logistics.
She said that the VVF victims underwent training in skills like bead-making, mat making, shoemaking and making groundnut oil.

The commissioner said that they were also taught dying, making of locust beans and local spaghetti, soap making, perfume and cosmetics production.

According to her, the empowerment scheme is to create jobs and promote self-reliance among the victims.

Ladi told NAN the training also engaged the beneficiaries and ease the psychological trauma and stigmatisation they might experience after discharge from hospital.

She said that after the eight-week training, the trainees were given starter kits to begin the business of their choice.

The commissioner appealed to wealthy individuals in the society and others to emulate the state government and the Foundation’s gesture by assisting the patients. (NAN)
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MSF calls for urgent support for Borno IDPs to avert disaster
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Emergency
Maiduguri, Sept. 30, 2016 (NAN) The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also called Doctors without Borders, on Friday appealed to the international community and donor agencies to provide support to hundreds of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno.

Mr Hugues Robert, the Head of MSF Emergency Response, said in a statement in Maiduguri that the humanitarian emergency in North-East Nigeria was reaching catastrophic levels.

He said a massive relief effort was needed immediately in remote areas as well as in the state capital.

“The desperate living conditions in Borno show the devastating impact of the ongoing conflict between Boko Haram terrorists and the Nigerian military.

“In several locations, people have sought refuge in towns or camps controlled by the military, and are entirely reliant on outside aid that does not reach them.

“Although a nutrition emergency was declared three months ago, there has been a serious failure to help the people of Borno.

“We are again calling for a massive relief effort to be deployed now,” Robert said.
He added: “On Sept. 19, MSF teams managed to reach the town of Ngala, where 80,000 displaced people are living in a camp cut off from the outside world; they desperately lack food and healthcare.

“People are effectively stranded in the camp and cannot leave.

“A rapid nutritional screening of more than 2,000 children under the age of five found that one in 10 was suffering from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition.

“People in the camp reported having less than half a litre of water per person per day. MSF teams provided food and medical care and are scaling up assistance.’’

Robert said the conditions in nearby Gambaru showed that more than one in seven children was suffering from severe acute malnutrition.
The town’s 123,000 residents lacked basic food supplies and had no access to healthcare after the only clinic was burnt down, he said.

The MSF official said that the town’s roads were too dangerous for people to go elsewhere for medical care.

“The desperate situation in Ngala and Gambaru matches that in Bama, Banki and Gwoza – all towns which were inaccessible until very recently due to insecurity.

“MSF has since been providing food and medical assistance.

“In Maiduguri, where there is no conflict and aid organisations have been unable to access the population for the last two years, MSF recorded malnutrition rates in some locations as high as those seen in the conflict zones.

“More than half of the 2.5 million people living in the state capital have been displaced from other areas of Borno,’’ he said.

Robert said that the MSF teams screening children in the Custom House camp found that one in five children were suffering from severe acute malnutrition.

According to him, the mortality rate is five times higher than what is considered an emergency, with the main cause being hunger.

Natalie Roberts, MSF Emergency Programme Manager, said that the aid response had been massively insufficient, uncoordinated and ill-adapted to the needs of people suffering the consequences of this crisis.

“To avert an even greater humanitarian disaster, food and medical care must be delivered now to remote and accessible areas in Borno State.

“Nigerian authorities have a responsibility to make sure this happens for the sake of thousands who are at risk of imminent death,” the programme manager said.

She said that MSF was an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivered emergency aid.
According to her, the aid was concentrated on people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare.

“MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.

“MSF has been providing healthcare to people displaced by violence as well the host community, in northeastern Nigeria since mid-2014.

Natalie Roberts said in places like Zamfara, Port Harcourt and Jahun, MSF was running extensive projects on child health, sexual and reproductive health as well as responding to medical emergencies like meningitis and measles outbreaks.

She said that in 2015, MSF teams performed 33,500 outpatient consultations, treated 18,100 patients for malaria, assisted 9,200 births and conducted 2,400 surgical interventions in Nigeria. (NAN)
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