Global body’s required funding for humanitarian response
Guterres, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Stephane Dujarric, condemned the killing of dozens of people in violence in Borno by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The Secretary-General said he remained “deeply concerned about the persisting violence in the Lake Chad Basin region”. He condoled with the bereaved families, the government and people of Nigeria just as he wished a speedy recovery to the injured. Guterres commended national and regional initiatives to bring peace and stability to the area and to address the root causes of the conflict. He also reiterated his calls on the international community to increase support to regional efforts in the fight against Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin. Meanwhile, the UN humanitarian response plan for 12 sectors in the insurgency affected Northeast has suffered poor funding of $559.1 million. The global body’s required funding for humanitarian response, was $1.05 billion (N378 billion) for 2018, but only $490.9 million