Senator, representing the Borno South Senatorial zone, Mohammed Ali Ndume has said that there are indications that Nigeria is winning the war against Boko Haram, expressing concern that the greater war lying ahead now is that of hunger, poverty, and malnutrition in the North East.
Senator Ali Ndume, who spoke to news men at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after joining President Muhammadu Buhari in performing Friday Juma’at prayer said: “the fight against Boko Haram, with the determination and seriousness from this government, is almost over.
“We are facing another war and that is fight against hunger, malnutrition and poverty, and that too, government is bracing up for it.”
The senator appealed to well-meaning individuals, non-governmental agencies and the international community to help address the looming sorry state of affairs in the North East, saying: “we are crying out; we are looking up to you to help us in the North East, particularly in Borno. The aftermath of the insurgency, which is almost over, is the issue of hunger, poverty and malnutrition.
“For three years our people who mostly depended on subsistence farming, did not go to their farms, and government alone cannot feed the whole North East or Borno state alone, and that is our greatest challenge.
“We are calling on all non-governmental agencies, individuals, all Nigerians and even the international community to join hands in helping our people no matter how little it is.’’ [myad]
