Yobe, UNDP strengthen partnership on education, healthcare, others

By Usman Shuaibu

The Yobe State Government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will collaborate further to support the development of education, healthcare, and agriculture in the state and the rebuilding of communities ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency.
This was the outcome of the meeting that Governor Mai Mala Buni had with the new Country Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nigeria, Mr. Mohammed Yahaya.
The meeting, which took place at the Yobe Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro Abuja, followed a courtesy visit that Mr Yahaya paid on the governor earlier in the day today.
Governor Buni observed that the UNDP has been assisting Yobe State in its developmental strides since it was created over 28 years ago.
Governor Buni also noted that given current challenges that the state faces, the UNDP can do even more on the basis of the Regional Stabilization Facility for Lake Chad Basin Countries affected by the Boko Haram crisis that launched by the UNDP in Niamey, Niger Republic two months ago.
The governor expressed hope that with the 36 million dollars earmarked for Nigeria from the Stabilization Facility within the frost two years of implementation, the UNDP would help Yobe make progress in key areas that state government is currently working on.
Governor Buni listed these areas to include education, healthcare, water supply and sanitation, youth empowerment and the rebuilding of communities ravaged by the Boko Haram crisis.
On his part, the UNDP Country Representative Mr Mohammed Yahaya said after his meeting with Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama yesterday, Gov. Buni was the first Nigerian official he’s met since he resumed office recently.