Senate President,
Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, today kept his promise that the Senate would weigh
in on the malnutrition crisis that is plaguing the North East, following the
Boko Haram insurgency that ravaged the zone.At its plenary on today
(Wednesday), Senate debated a point of order raised by Sen. Baba Kaka Garbai
(APC – Borno Central), which was aimed at addressing the acute malnutrition in
the country and resolved that the Ministry of Finance should release necessary
funds to the North East while the Federal Government should coordinate
donations from the private sector to the region.
Writing on his
social media pages, Saraki noted that it was unacceptable for an average of 134
children to die everyday from starvation-related causes. He called on private
sector and international partners to support the federal and state governments
in the rehabilitation, resettlement and rebuilding efforts in the area in order
to curb the humanitarian crisis brought about by malnutrition.“We do not need
to lose more lives to malnourishment. Hence, Nigeria must adopt a
public-private-partnership driven approach to combat the issue of
malnutrition”, he said.
The Senate President
commended the military for the successes recorded thus far, and also praised
the Borno State government for the work that it has done to alleviate the
malnutrition crisis in the State.Senate Majority Leader, Ali Ndume, while
contributing to the debate, harped on the fact that the Federal Government
needed to do something immediately as the situation was becoming serious.
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