The Canadian Government will support humanitarian and poverty alleviation in Nigeria with $18 million.
The Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Jamie Christoff, stated this when he visited the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, in Abuja.
Christoff, while explaining that his government committed $150 million as part of its assistance to the country for various programmes, noted that a small portion has been earmarked for humanitarian responses. He said some of the general funds will be spent in Nigeria to focus on vulnerable women and young girls across the country.
This was contained in a statement yesterday by the minister’s media aide, Rasheed Zubair.
The envoy also lauded the establishment of the Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation Trust Fund, saying it will aid coordination with the government in the driver’s seat.
He said: “I am here with my team to register our support to the mandate of the President in his efforts to alleviate poverty and reduce humanitarian crises in Nigeria through your ministry.”
Dr. Edu assured Christoff of a mutual working relationship. She also told the envoy of President Bola Tinubu’s aim to end multi-dimensional poverty and humanitarian crises in Nigeria by 2030, in line with the SDG target.
She assured him that the Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation Trust Fund will be used to address emergency humanitarian responses and issues of poverty alleviation in Nigeria, and promised that the implementation will be transparent.