The chairman of SUNU Assurances, Kyari Abba Bukar and private sector actors under the aegis of the Nigerian Humanitarian Fund Private Sector Initiative (NHF-PSI), along with the United Nations, UN, have visited Borno state for the second time to assess the condition of internally displaced persons as part of efforts to provide an indigenous support to them.
Kyari Abba Bukar reinforced his commitment to raise the sum of $80 million in financial aid to support thousands of displaced people currently living in IDP Camps spread across Maiduguri state.
Bukar led the delegation of Nigerian entrepreneurs and CEOs who paid a visit to the state’s IDP Camps this week on a second assessment tour of the facilities. The delegation was in Maiduguri in May for the first visit, led by UN Country Director, Edward Kallon the co-chairmen of NHF-PSI, Kyari Bukar who is also a former chairperson Nigerian Economic Summit Group.
Speaking about his experience visiting the Camps last May, Bukar said, “It is quite encouraging to see how Nigerian corporates are responding to what the United Nations is doing.
It was a day trip but at the same time, it had touched their lives. As we were returning, many of them didn’t realise how dire the situation is over there. He expressed delight about the private sector in Nigeria’s enthusiasm in mobilizing resources and expertise to provide home-grown humanitarian assistance to the IDPs in the North East.”
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