Gov Shettima To Address World Humanitarian Summit

Governor Kashim Shettima,at the weekend arrived Istanbul, Turkey, where he is scheduled to address International donors and humanitarian organizations.

Borno state Governor, Kashim Shettima is to address World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, organized by the United Nations.

Governor Shettima was accompanied by a patron of the Red Cross in Borno State and elder statesman, Bulama Mali Gubio is also a panelist representing host community.

His address is expected to focus on attracting partnerships to compliment ongoing efforts by the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration and the Borno state government towards re-building communities across the 27 local government areas which have suffered destructions, caused by the Boko Haram insurgency.

The governor’s Special Adviser on Communications and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau in a statement said his principal is to serve as a panelist in a side event on the Lake Chad including Borno with the theme: “How to end suffering in the Lake Chad basin: A dialogue between local communities and the aid community” with participants expected from different countries around the world.

According to the statement, Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Mr Yves Daccord and the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, Ertharin Cousin are to join Shettima as panelists.

The panellists are also expected to be addressed by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Stephen O’Brien who oversees emergencies requiring United Nations humanitarian assistance is to address the panel while.

The Summit which begins today, is being led in organization by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

The statement added in a concept note, the United Nations describes problems caused by the Boko Haram insurgency around the Lake Chad, which is largely involves Borno State as one of the most neglected major crisis in the world. “In the Lake Chad Basin, Boko Haram’s brutal cycle of violence has uprooted 2.4 million people from their homes and livelihoods.