The support launched on Friday in Katsina, was part of the ECOWAS nutrition assistance and cash-based transfer vouchers, under stabilisation project phase two.
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Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina state, in his remarks at the launching of the programme, applauded the Federal government, ECOWAS, and other partners for their support to vulnerable people in the state.
Radda acknowledged that the project would empower and transfer best practices to the state institutions during implementation.
According to him, there will be room for continuity and technical collaboration even after the expiration of the project in the state.
He assured that the state would be ready to provide a conducive environment for continuous partnership with the donor partners.
Earlier, Amb. Olawale Emmanuel, the Head/Director of ECOWAS National Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nigeria, said that for over a decade, Nigeria had witnessed serious security concerns.
According to him, the situation occasioned by activities of insurgency, resulted in unprecedented lost of lives, livelihood, displacement, including food and nutrition crisis in the country.
“The population has been forced to move many times, sometimes from being internally displaced into refugees, and so on and so forth.
“In the midst of all these very unprecedented crisis, the Nigerian government has remained resolute and steadfast in protecting the affected population and community.
“The government is making sure that the effect of the crisis does not overwhelm it and also providing humanitarian assistance, as well as post-crisis interventions,” he said.
Emmanuel said that a special solidarity fund was established in 2016 to support implementation of former President Muhammad Buhari’s plans for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the crisis affected states in the north.
“This happened at the 50th ordinary session of the ECOWAS authority of Heads of State and Governments, held on Dec. 17, 2016,” he said.
According to him, in line with the directives of the heads of state, the ECOWAS commission established the stabilisation fund with a commitment of one million dollars in its 2020 budget.
He further explained that that this was part of its commitment to supporting the Nigerian Government’s economic recovery.
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