By Jimmy
The World Food Programme (WFP) has pledged to support the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
The body has pledged to support the federal government’s humanitarian and poverty intervention efforts, including the food security agenda and the Zero Hunger Programme, among others.
$2.5bn to fight hunger in Nigeria
The Country Director of WFP, David Stevesson, pledged the organisation’s support to President Bola Tinubu’s Zero Hunger Programme when he led a team of the United Nations agency to visit the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, in her office.
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Stevesson disclosed that 2.1 million Nigerians have already been captured as beneficiaries of the program, with the hope to expand working with the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
“I’ve been very impressed in such a short time to hear about the Minister’s leadership in putting together the strategy for the Ministry.
“We talked about zero hunger; we talked about the humanitarian hubs in every local government area in the country; we talked about the world food programs; and we talked about the potential to support those hubs through buying food locally and also assisting in the cash transfer and food.
“Let me announce here that the World Food Programme is committed to spending $2.5 billion to fight hunger in Nigeria in the next five years”, the WFP boss said.
Responding, Edu commended the WFP Country Director for the visit and the kind comments about her.
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The Minister informed Stevesson that there were over 133 million people in Nigeria affected by multidimensional poverty, stressing that WFP’s intervention of $2.5 billion for five years “will go a long way to address some of the biggest challenges the country is facing, which is hunger.
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