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Senator Ali Ndume

Borno humanitarian crisis catastrophic – Ndume

Senator Ali Ndume

 

BY ABDULLAHI ISAH, MAIDUGURI

The former leader of the Senate, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has said that the humanitarian crisis in Borno and the North-east in general is catastrophic and calls for international donor agencies and the international community to step up their humanitarian assistance.

Senator Ndume who made the call in an interactive session with journalists in Maiduguri  said Nigerians seem not to understand the humanitarian crisis in the North-east and Borno state in particular.

“When I am passing through the streets of Maiduguri, of every 100 people you see, 90 of them are women and children and unless concerted effort is made in the areas of empowerment and education, they will become a time bomb in the near future”, Ndume added.

The Senator said the Federal Government has earmarked N45 billion for the humanitarian crisis in the North-east, which, he said is not adequate, and called on individuals, corporate organizations and state governments to assist in the post insurgency reconstruction efforts in the region.

On the recent visit to the state of All Progressives Congress, APC, leader Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, Ndume commended him for finding time to come and commission some reconstruction projects in the state, adding that his visit and commissioning of the projects in the villages of Borno indicates that peace has returned to the state.

While speaking on the recent move by the customs to ban vehicles with fake customs duty, the Senator stated that he is strongly behind the senate move, as Customs have no right to impound vehicles moving on the streets of the major cities in the country, pointing out that the Customs should look inward and stop the issuance of fake duties, as it is their personnel that forge the papers.

 

He said very soon he and the human rights activist, Femi Falana will sue the Nigerian Customs if they insist on their planned action, stressing that at this critical time when Nigerians are going through economic recession, more hardship should not be inflicted on them.

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