Humanitarian Day: Hope Not Lost For Displaced Nigerian Girls        

It is Humanitarian Day, and hope is therefore not lost for Nigerian girls who have been displaced from their communities by internal strife.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has reiterated its commitment to helping those of them in Zamfara, especially concerning their sexual and reproductive rights.

Speaking at a senistisation rally, to commemorate the 2023 World Humanitarian Day in Gusau, the Head UNFPA Kaduna Office, Mrs Loide Amkongo the agency would help restore their dignity.

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“We want to ensure that women and girls from internally displaced communities in the state irrespective of their situation can access to sexual and reproductive health services”.

“We want to make sure that they can access facilities of gender-based violence in terms of services and information”.

“Our focus is to ensure that we restore their dignity, we will continue to support mobile clinics for them, we want ensure that pregnant women among them brought to the health facilities.

“On behalf of the head of UNFPA country office, we recommit our commitment to continue partnering with Zamfara government towards rendering humanitarian service in the state”, she said.

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The Humanitarian Day sensitisation ran under the theme “No Matter What” In a World Beset by Challenges and was organised by the state Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) in collaboration with the UNFPA.

The Director Planning, Research and Statistics of the state Ministry for Humanitarian and Relief Matters, Mr Isah Shu’iabu commended the UNPFA for various humanitarian services to the state.

“I am using this medium to appreciate the efforts of all stakeholders especially the donor organisation and individuals, CSOs, NGOs for complementing government efforts in providing support to IDPs and other vulnerable groups.

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“This day is very important to us as regards to provision of humanitarian services to victims of disasters and vulnerable persons.

“In the morning before we embark on this rally, we visited IDP camp at Saminaka area after interacting with them we shared them relief items”, Shuaibu explained.

According to him, it is the state government is committed to sustaining the partnership with all stakeholders in the humanitarian services.