Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has confessed that no matter how prepared a country could be, handling the kind of crisis in the North-East with two million displaced people, including children, as a single country “would be irresponsible.”
Osinbajo, who spoke on Monday when he received members of the ONE campaign, led by the international Rock Star artist Bono, and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Presidential Villa, Abuja said that global partnership to address the crisis through international advocacy is direly needed.
“It is very important that you chose to come and offer some partnership. This is great and we are pleased. Partnership is certainly the way to go.”
Vice President Osinbajo emphasized that global partnership should be coordinated and more focused on what is required to be done, adding: “for instance, in addressing the issue of malnourished children and not attempting to do too much things at once.
Earlier the Irish born artist, Bono said that he has visited some of the IDPs and that what he saw in the region was deeply disturbing.
“We want to be useful to you.”
Bono commended the social investment programmes of the Buhari administration saying: “we have heard of the incredible plans on the social investment funds.”
Members of the delegation also included former UK Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, Professor Osinbajo and others. [myad]
