NEMA seeks synergy for humanitarian intervention in North East

Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Mustapha Maihaja, has sought synergy among humanitarian actors for intervention in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, mostly affected by insurgency.

Maihaja made the call yesterday in his opening remark at a humanitarian coordination forum in Maiduguri, admitting that the delivery of humanitarian intervention and coordination among partners and actors have not been effective and efficient.

“What we require now is more synergy and more cooperation. We need more coordination and we believe monthly forums like this where we review interventions and humanitarian activities and responses, will improve the situation in the region,” he said.

He added that the situation in the Northeast was a complex humanitarian response, insisting that constant review of coordination of humanitarian interventions by stakeholders will bring them together to refocus on collaboration for improved service delivery.

Maihaja also pledged that the agency would collaborate with the Borno State government and International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to ensure smooth evacuation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon to Nigeria.

He said the collaboration would include putting in place temporary shelter and food items for distribution.

“The agency will liaise with the military on the suggestion of military escorts for farmers to their farmlands to boost agriculture and economy of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the region,” he added.