Nigerians are at the centre developmental programmes - Sen Udoma

Senator Udoma said that in line with the
United Nations Development Program’s
2016 Human Security report, the present
administration had put Nigerians at the
centre of its development program to
mitigate the negative indices that
threatened the security of lives and
property.
He stated that the government had plans
to ensure a better standard of living for
the citizens which in turn would enhance
development and security in the country.
At the event were government officials,
diplomats, civil society groups and
activists.
Meeting Developmental Needs
Earlier, the Country Representative of the
United Nations Development Fund, Ms
Fatma Samoura, outlined the findings and
recommendations from the report.
According to her, the insecurity in Nigeria’s
northeast was a reflection of the level of
development in the nation, stressing that
there was therefore the need for a holistic
approach to mitigate the insecurity
challenges.
The consensus at the event was that the
issue of security must be reconceptualised
to go beyond the physical security to
meeting the developmental needs of the
citizenry.
Communities in Nigeria’s northeast,
especially in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe
State are in great need of reconstruction.
A terrorist group, Boko Haram, had in its
over six years push for an Islamic State
and an end to Western education in
northeast Nigeria, ravaged communities,
displaced over two million persons and
killed thousands.
Most schools and places of worship in the
region have been razed by the group that
are fleeing the region, in the midst of
heightened counter-terrorism operations by
Nigerian troops and a Joint Multinational
Task Force formed by Nigeria its
neighbours.