The Theatre Commander Operation Lafiya Dole Major General Lucky Irabor has said that the military outfit is tirelessly rendering support to myriads of Humanitarian agencies to alleviate the sufferings of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and other locals in the bid to win the peace and restore development in the region.
General Irabor made this disclosure during a meeting with the Deputy Executive Director United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF), Omar Abdi, who led a four man delegation to the Headquarters Theatre Command on Wednesday.
Describing UNICEF as a household name in Nigeria, the Theatre Commander further stated that the military outfit regularly interfaces with UNICEF and other humanitarian agencies through its Civil-military Affairs department, to facilitate their activities in the North East.
He called on UNICEF to strengthen developmental infrastructure such as medical and educational facilities in the localities to enable those IDPs who had returned to their communities have access to health and educational infrastructure.
Speaking at the meeting, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Omar Abdi, who commended troops of operation Lafiya Dole for a successful campaign against terrorism, cataloged the objectives of UNICEF in the North East to include concerns for life saving activities, humanitarian activities, nutritional health, education and protection of children.
Omar expressed the desire of the international body to expand its humanitarian activities to those areas where the body is yet to access.
He added that the support of operation Lafiya Dole is very crucial to the expansion.
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