Saturday, March 18, 2017

Canadian Government to provide 119.25 million dollars as funds in response to humanitarian crises in Northeast Nigeria

   The Canadian Government has said it would provide 119.25 million dollars as funds in response to humanitarian crises in Northeast Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen.

   This is contained in a statement from Brittany Venhola-Fletcher, Spokesperson, Media Relations, Global Affairs Canada made available to newsmen in Abuja.
   The announcement, it stated, was made by Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Ahmed Hussen, on behalf of the Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, Marie-Claude Bibeau.
   Hussingtree said 27.35 million dollars of the fund would be made available to Nigeria. Hussen said that the Canadian Government would work with “trusted humanitarian partners that will make sure that the aid gets there quickly and goes to support the most vulnerable people”.

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