{"id":51700,"date":"2016-07-29T18:56:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T17:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=51700"},"modified":"2016-07-29T18:56:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T17:56:42","slug":"saraki-seeks-review-security-situation-north-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/saraki-seeks-review-security-situation-north-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Saraki Seeks a Review of Security Situation in the North East"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Friday called for calm as\r\nthe United Nation\u2019s announced that it would be suspending aid deliveries\r\nin Nigeria after a United Nation\u2019s Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) humanitarian\r\nconvoy was attacked  while travelling from Bama to Maiduguri in Borno\r\nState.\r\n\r\nSaraki in a statement by his Media Office, condemned the attack in the\r\nstrongest possible terms, stating that it was unacceptable to endanger the\r\nlives of aid workers, who were only trying to assuage the situation in the\r\nNorth East.\r\n\r\n\u201cThis unfortunate situation has led to the United Nation\u2019s temporarily\r\nsuspending its rehabilitation-related aid deliveries to parts of the North\r\nEast,\u201d the Senate President said, while adding that \u201cthis is a major cause\r\nfor concern as overtime, the Nigerian military has recorded significant\r\nsuccesses in routing the insurgency and many foreign donor agencies have\r\nexpressed their preparedness to join in the North East restoration\r\nefforts.\u201d\r\n\r\nSaraki further called for an immediate review of the security situation in\r\nthe North East by the relevant authorities, stating that it was necessary\r\nto alleviate the concerns of international partners who are set to help\r\nrebuild the crisis-torn areas.\r\n\r\n\u201cI also urge our military, the Department of State Security and the\r\nPolice, to commence an immediate security re-evaluation and review of the\r\nentire North East zone in order to allay the fears of our donor partners.\r\nThe partners are important to Nigeria\u2019s work to reposition the North East\r\nafter months of decimation at the hands of Boko Haram\", he stated.\r\n\r\nWith the temporary suspension of the United Nations\u2019 activities in the\r\nregion, the Senate President called on the Presidential Initiative for the\r\nNorth East (PINE), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other\r\nrelevant agencies to immediately address the shortfall that will arise\r\nfrom the cessation of donations of food and medicines.\r\n\r\n\u201cEffective action must be taken in the interim. We need to make sure that\r\nno lives are lost due to the temporary suspension of UN aid\", he added.\r\n\r\nSaraki further called on the UN to resume its activities in North East as\r\nsoon as possible, while reassuring Nigerians and the international\r\ncommunity that the Senate would fast-track the passage of the North East\r\nDevelopment Commission (NEDC) Bill, which aims to create a legislative\r\nframework and multi-state platform for the coordination of relief and\r\ndonations to the zone. Following the submission of the Report of its\r\nPublic Hearing by the Senate Committee on Special Duties, the bill\r\nFollowing the bill is awaiting third and final reading before being\r\npassed.\r\n\r\nThe Senate President had on July 18 led a delegation to Maiduguri in Borno\r\nState where he pledged that the Senate would look into the issue of\r\nmalnutrition and shortage of  medical supplies in the North East. DC Bill\r\nis currently awaiting its third and final reading in the Senate.\r\n\r\nTwo days later, through a Point of Order raised by Senator Baba Kaka\r\nGarbai (APC - Borno Central), the Senate discussed the issue of\r\nmalnutrition in the North East and resolved that the Ministry of Finance\r\nshould immediately release necessary funds to the North East while the\r\nFederal Government should begin coordination of  private sector donations\r\nto the region.\r\n\r\nDuring the debate on the motion, Saraki emphasised the need for a\r\nsustainable public-private-partnership driven approach to combat the issue\r\nof malnutrition, stressing that Nigeria did not need to lose more lives to\r\nthe lack of food in the North East.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Friday called for calm as the United Nation\u2019s announced that it would be suspending aid deliveries in Nigeria after a United Nation\u2019s Children\u2019s&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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