The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has said that Nigeria will support the United Nations Resident Coordinator and humanitarian services operating across the country.
Badaru pledged this when he met with Mr. Mohamed Malick Fall, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, at the Minister’s office in Ship House, Abuja, today.
The statement signed by Pat Ndidi Ituke for the Director of Information and Public Relations in the ministry, the minister emphasized the need to strengthen “coordination, collaboration, and sustainable development”.
According to the minister, there is a need to “rekindle long-standing partnerships and build upon previous successes in critical areas such as health, water and sanitation, education and livelihood support”, he said.
He acknowledged that past collaborations yielded “positive impact of healthy inter-state competition and benchmarking in driving development outcomes”, especially in his days as the governor of Jigawa State.
The United Nation Resident Coordinator, Mohamed Malick Fall, in his response, expressed appreciation for the minister’s leadership and reaffirmed the UN’s readiness to “collaborate with federal and state actors to enhance humanitarian and development responses across Nigeria”, he said.
The two parties discussed how to establish “test points for new service delivery models, fostering increased collaboration among technical teams and engaging with national security institutions to ensure effective implementation of humanitarian initiatives”, the statement stated.
