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Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr.

Briefing the President after a high level SDGs meeting on the sideline of activities at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly, (UNGA), yesterday at the UN headquarters in New York, United States of America, (USA), the minister said Nigeria advocated durable solutions and support for its poverty alleviation drive.

In a statement signed by her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Rasheed Zubair, Edu who is among Nigeria’s top government functionaries accompanying the President to UNGA also held a meeting with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths.

The statement notes that “At the meeting, she called for collaboration between the UN and the government of Nigeria to provide durable solutions to humanitarian crises and emergencies in the country

Betta Edu equally sought support for the Presidential Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation Trust Fund, to which she got the full commitment of the United Nations.”

The Minister and Griffiths further discussed systematic and long-term responses to relieve Nigeria and her citizens affected by the impact of humanitarian crisis.

Dr.Edu also joined the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, at a side event organized by the Nigeria Governors Wives Forum, where she spoke on the need for Nigerians in the diaspora to support the Renewed Hope Agenda and help rebuild the economy of the nation to pull Nigerians out of poverty; and also support speedy national development.

Source: guardian.ng