Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a change in the management of
the humanitarian situation in the North-East, putting ministers in
direct charge of coordination.
The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and
Publicity, Laolu Akande, explained in a statement that before now,
coordination of the humanitarian situation was managed by civil servants
on the level of director.
“But in a decision to upgrade and elevate the governance structure,
the President has approved a modification of the structure by putting
cabinet ministers in charge of governmental response to the humanitarian
emergency caused by the insurgency in the North-East,” the statement
read in part.
He explained that an inter-ministerial task force had been
established by the President to coordinate the response and work with
humanitarian agencies to support the governments and other structures in
the affected states.
In the task force, each sector will now be led by a minister while
the entire task force is led by the Ministry of Budget and National
Planning, which will now coordinate and mobilise the domestic,
governmental and private sector resources necessary to effectively meet
this challenge with the urgency it demands.
The statement added, “The ministers who will now personally supervise
their ministry’s role in the newly modified governance structure
include Ministers of Health, Interior, Women Affairs, Agriculture and
Water Resources.
“The National Security Adviser and the Chief of Army Staff, National
Emergency Management Agency and the Presidential Committee on North-East
Intervention would also be actively involved in the new elevated
response model approved by the President.”
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