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October 4, 2019
The Minister of HumanitarianAffairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq hassolicited collaboration from US and EU toward attaining the new ministry’smandate.
She made the demand when KathleenFitegibbon, Charge’d Affairs in the US Embassy, Country Director of USAID SteveHaykin, and EU Ambassador to Nigeria Ketil Karlsen paid her separate visits inAbuja.
During the discussion withFitegibbon and Haykin, Farouq, she said that the ministry was established toalleviate poverty and hunger.
She added that the ministry wasmandated to coordinate and supervise the humanitarian activities of governmentand International Non-Governmental Organisations, INGOs.
On her part, Fitegibbon said thatthe purpose of their visit was to learn more about what the new ministry isdoing, and because they have a lot of investments in humanitarian operations inNigeria.
Similarly, Haykin said that it hadalways been difficult to partner with coordinating government agencies onhumanitarian affairs.