Saraki seeks foreign aid to rebuild north-east

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday solicited the assistance of the International Community for the on-going efforts by the Federal Government to end the insurgency in the North-eastern part of the country and thereafter rebuild the area as well as rehabilitate the people.

He said that such support would also help bring succour to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the area.

Saraki made the call at separate sessions he had with the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Zenner and his Spanish counterpart, Alfonso Barnudvo Sdbastian De Erice who paid courtesy visits to him in Abuja.

He stated that the humanitarian situation and level of destruction in the area ravaged by the insurgents require urgent and wide support across the world.

He said it was clear to him having led a delegation of the Senate to visit the IDPs camps in Maiduguri on Monday for an on-the-spot assessment that the Federal Government alone cannot foot the bills for total rehabilitation of the people and rebuilding of infrastructure damaged as a result of the activities of the insurgents.

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The Senate President told his guests that apart from insecurity, the nation is looking up to developed economies like Germany and Spain in the other sectors such as Agriculture, Mining, Health and Industrialization in order to bring the dividends of democracy to the populace.

Saraki assured his visitors of the commitment of the 8th Senate to work closely with every stakeholders in diversifying the economy.

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