The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has expressed readiness to partner with the Federal Government in tackling humanitarian and poverty challenges in Nigeria and commended President Bola Tinubu’s efforts in that direction.
UAE Ambassador to Nigeria, Salem Saeed Al Shamsi, made this known when he led a team from the embassy and Noor Dubai Foundation on a courtesy call to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, at her office in Abuja.
The spokesman to the Minister, Rasheed Zubair, stated this in a statement made available to TheIdeal News on Friday.
The Envoy who described the relationship between UAE and Nigeria as symbiotic, said; “Nigeria remains a strong ally of UAE and we would continue to partner with Nigeria in key areas like humanitarian aid, job creation, Nutrition, health care development and poverty alleviation”
Responding, Dr Betta Edu applauded the government and people of the UAE for their timely interventions in critical sectors in Nigeria.
The Minister specifically thanked the Ambassador and his team for taking steps to support Nigeria in many ways. She noted that the President has a great plan to eradicate Poverty under his 8-point agenda and has begun full implementation as such it is important that the identify areas to collaborate for the good of Nigerians
Also Speaking, the CEO of Noor Dubai Foundation, Dr Manal Taryam, said the Foundation has been on humanitarian-related interventions including an eye treatment programme which commenced with Katsina State while Lagos and Abuja will soon be launched. She said the Dubai foundation has intervened in several areas, which directly links to the ministry’s mandate and will be happy to support.
Present at the meeting was the SSA to the President on Community Engagement SW Hon Moremi Ojodu and the SSA on school feeding Hon Yetunde and many others.
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