Un Chief Pledges Support To Borno State To Address Humanitarian Needs In Nigeria

United Nations Secretary-general Antonio Guterres Has Expressed His Commitment To Support Action To Alleviate The Suffering Of  Internally Displaced Persons (Idps) In Borno State In Northeastern Nigeria. On Tuesday He Spoke To Stakeholders  In Maiduguri, The  Capital Of Borno State And The Epicenter Of  Boko Haram. 

The Un Chief Expressed Concern At The Plight Of  People Affected By The Decades-long Insurgency And Called On The International Community To Support Borno State  In Addressing  Humanitarian Needs In North-eastern Nigeria. Guterres, Who Had Earlier Visited Senegal And Niger As Part Of His "Ramadan Solidarity Visit" 

To Africa, Arrived In Nigeria On Tuesday And Visited Some Camps For Internally Displaced Persons And Transit Areas For Repentant Boko Haram Fighters In Borno, The Xinhua News Agency Reported . They Have Been Weakened As The Support Of The International Community Will Help The Borno State Government In G Give Hope For Development And Confidence Where  People Feel  Their Future Can Be Trusted. “I Was Very Impressed When I Saw In The Refugee Camp  That  The Idps Do Not Want Food Or Blankets,  

What They Really Want Are The Conditions So That They Can Return Home In Dignity And Safety.And That Requires (A) Huge Investment,” He Added. The Un Chief Said In A Post On His Official Twitter Account On Wednesday That The Terror-hit People  He Met In Borno "Above All Want To Return Home In Safety And Dignity." "Borno Is Now A Place Of Hope, 

Showing That Investing In People's Livelihoods, Rehabilitation And Future Is The Way To Fight Terrorism Effectively," He Added. Borno Governor Babagana Zulum Briefed The Un Chief On The Situation On Tuesday. In Borno, 

Praised The Un For Its Support For The State And Urged For More. Zulum Said Many Of The Displaced  Had Been In Camps For Several Years  And Were Keen To Return To Their Restored Homes, But The Destroyed Buildings Had Not Yet Been Repaired. Rebuilt.He Called For More Un Support For The Ongoing Rehabilitation, 

Reconstruction And Resettlement Of Internally Displaced People. Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo,  State Commissioner For Women's Affairs And Social Development, Said At The Meeting That  The State Has Rehabilitated 7,039 Women And Children Affected By The Boko Haram Insurgency Since 2016. Since 2009, Boko Haram Has Attempted To Establish An Islamist State In North-eastern Nigeria, Expanding Its Attacks To Countries In The Lake Chad Basin, Where The Group Poses Enormous Humanitarian, Security And Governmental Challenges.