Reversing the complex humanitarian crises caused by Boko
Haram terrorists in Northeast Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin requires
joint efforts, Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Børge Brende, has
said.
Brende, in his opening remarks on Friday at the
international donor conference in Oslo for Nigeria and the Lake Chad
region, pledged that the humanitarian crises in the area would be
tackled together.
He said, “We are here to address the severe humanitarian situation in northeastern Nigeria and the Lake Chad region.
“We aim at mobilising increased humanitarian support and
enhancing longer-term development cooperation. Our goal should be to
provide stability and growth in a troubled region.
“Many of today’s major challenges – terrorism, climate
change, migration, extreme poverty – are too big for any one country to
handle alone. We can only effectively deal with these issues together.
“For decades, people in this region have struggled with
poverty and the harsh effects of climate change. Boko Haram’s terror
caused a displacement crisis. Now it has become a severe food and
nutrition crisis.
“We must act now, jointly, to tackle this complex
humanitarian crisis, avoid famine in Nigeria and the Lake Chad region,
and secure long-term development that builds resilience.
“More than 10 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Seven million experience food insecurity.
“More than 1200 schools are damaged or destroyed. Three million children need educational assistance.
“The dire situation cannot be addressed by development assistance alone.”
According to him, the governments of Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria are in the driving seat.
It is a national responsibility to provide security and
community services that will make daily life safe and stable for local
and displaced populations, he said adding, your strong representation
here today shows how committed you are, he said.
Brende noted that the region has a rich tradition of trade
and markets, saying the free movement of people and goods is essential
to get the business going and attract investments as it is imperative in
order to construct a prosperous future.
He said the task ahead is to ensure increased and efficient humanitarian assistance necessary to address the urgent food crisis.
He said, “Conflict and climate change have caused alarming
rates of hunger and malnutrition. Food assistance and support to
subsistence farming in time for the planting season are crucial.”
He added that more support is required for education as 14
million primary school age children are out of school across the four
countries, many of them in the conflict-ridden areas.
According to him, the right to education should be fulfilled
for girls just as much as for boys as education is a prerequisite for
development.
He said, “It is essential to protect the millions of
civilians who carry the main burden of this crisis through a principled
humanitarian response.
“We need to defend the rights of refugees and displaced
people. We must insist on compliance with International Humanitarian Law
and put an end to attacks on health facilities and schools.
“To protect women and girls against sexual and gender-based
violence should be the highest priority. Women should be included in
efforts to build peace and development.”
With the country pledge of 192 million dollars in
humanitarian assistance for the region, Brende said “we will
significantly increase our contribution to Nigeria and the Lake Chad
region in 2017 and the years to come.
“This multi-year commitment includes both humanitarian assistance and long-term development aid”. Ochuko Akuopha
UNICEF consultant, Water Sanitation and Hygiene ,WASH, in Isoko South
Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr. Patrick Akinola Olupona, has
advocated change in value system and attitudinal change on the part of
parents and government’s motivation of teachers, as the panacea to the
dwindling standard of education in the country.
Speaking at a quiz competition held at Oleh for selected public primary
schools in Isoko South Local Government Area, Olupona stressed the need
for Nigerians to go back to the basics, saying; “Our value system has to
change.
Value for education
Presently, children don’t have value for education because they easily
get money. They don’t see education as rewarding because they see those
who didn’t go to school making fortunes.
“We need to change our value system and ensure that no matter what, at
the end of the initial delay you will be better off. When you have
education, you can walk into any office, you can talk and you can do
anything”.
He asserted: “Students are not ready to learn anymore as they spend time
on movies, internet, pornography and others.
“Let us look at the attitude of parents; some parents do not have time
for their children because all that they are after is money. They think
money can solve all the problems.
“Teachers are also not helping matters. Some teachers do not even go to
school while those that eventually go may not even teach. These are some
of the factors affecting non-performance of our children in their
schools. You have to make sure that your students are studious”.
He advised government to take the welfare of students seriously and
ensure “that teachers’ salaries are paid regularly and their conditions
of service bettered.”
The quiz competition, which held in four centres in the council area,
saw Ejova Primary School, Oleh, emerge winner while Omode Primary
School, Irri and Erowha Primary School came out as first and second
runners up respectively.
Earlier, Head, Environmental Department, Isoko South Local Government
Area, Mr. Collins Enigheno the completion and the WASH programme would
have positive impact on the society.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/education-standard-go-back-basics-says-unicef-consultant/
By Ochuko Akuopha
UNICEF consultant, Water Sanitation and Hygiene ,WASH, in Isoko South
Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr. Patrick Akinola Olupona, has
advocated change in value system and attitudinal change on the part of
parents and government’s motivation of teachers, as the panacea to the
dwindling standard of education in the country.
Speaking at a quiz competition held at Oleh for selected public primary
schools in Isoko South Local Government Area, Olupona stressed the need
for Nigerians to go back to the basics, saying; “Our value system has to
change.
Value for education
Presently, children don’t have value for education because they easily
get money. They don’t see education as rewarding because they see those
who didn’t go to school making fortunes.
“We need to change our value system and ensure that no matter what, at
the end of the initial delay you will be better off. When you have
education, you can walk into any office, you can talk and you can do
anything”.
He asserted: “Students are not ready to learn anymore as they spend time
on movies, internet, pornography and others.
“Let us look at the attitude of parents; some parents do not have time
for their children because all that they are after is money. They think
money can solve all the problems.
“Teachers are also not helping matters. Some teachers do not even go to
school while those that eventually go may not even teach. These are some
of the factors affecting non-performance of our children in their
schools. You have to make sure that your students are studious”.
He advised government to take the welfare of students seriously and
ensure “that teachers’ salaries are paid regularly and their conditions
of service bettered.”
The quiz competition, which held in four centres in the council area,
saw Ejova Primary School, Oleh, emerge winner while Omode Primary
School, Irri and Erowha Primary School came out as first and second
runners up respectively.
Earlier, Head, Environmental Department, Isoko South Local Government
Area, Mr. Collins Enigheno the completion and the WASH programme would
have positive impact on the society.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/education-standard-go-back-basics-says-unicef-consultant/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/education-standard-go-back-basics-says-unicef-consultant/
By Ochuko Akuopha
UNICEF consultant, Water Sanitation and Hygiene ,WASH, in Isoko South
Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr. Patrick Akinola Olupona, has
advocated change in value system and attitudinal change on the part of
parents and government’s motivation of teachers, as the panacea to the
dwindling standard of education in the country.
Speaking at a quiz competition held at Oleh for selected public primary
schools in Isoko South Local Government Area, Olupona stressed the need
for Nigerians to go back to the basics, saying; “Our value system has to
change.
Value for education
Presently, children don’t have value for education because they easily
get money. They don’t see education as rewarding because they see those
who didn’t go to school making fortunes.
“We need to change our value system and ensure that no matter what, at
the end of the initial delay you will be better off. When you have
education, you can walk into any office, you can talk and you can do
anything”.
He asserted: “Students are not ready to learn anymore as they spend time
on movies, internet, pornography and others.
“Let us look at the attitude of parents; some parents do not have time
for their children because all that they are after is money. They think
money can solve all the problems.
“Teachers are also not helping matters. Some teachers do not even go to
school while those that eventually go may not even teach. These are some
of the factors affecting non-performance of our children in their
schools. You have to make sure that your students are studious”.
He advised government to take the welfare of students seriously and
ensure “that teachers’ salaries are paid regularly and their conditions
of service bettered.”
The quiz competition, which held in four centres in the council area,
saw Ejova Primary School, Oleh, emerge winner while Omode Primary
School, Irri and Erowha Primary School came out as first and second
runners up respectively.
Earlier, Head, Environmental Department, Isoko South Local Government
Area, Mr. Collins Enigheno the completion and the WASH programme would
have positive impact on the society.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/education-standard-go-back-basics-says-unicef-consultant/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/education-standard-go-back-basics-says-unicef-consultant/
By Ochuko Akuopha
UNICEF consultant, Water Sanitation and Hygiene ,WASH, in Isoko South
Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr. Patrick Akinola Olupona, has
advocated change in value system and attitudinal change on the part of
parents and government’s motivation of teachers, as the panacea to the
dwindling standard of education in the country.
Speaking at a quiz competition held at Oleh for selected public primary
schools in Isoko South Local Government Area, Olupona stressed the need
for Nigerians to go back to the basics, saying; “Our value system has to
change.
Value for education
Presently, children don’t have value for education because they easily
get money. They don’t see education as rewarding because they see those
who didn’t go to school making fortunes.
“We need to change our value system and ensure that no matter what, at
the end of the initial delay you will be better off. When you have
education, you can walk into any office, you can talk and you can do
anything”.
He asserted: “Students are not ready to learn anymore as they spend time
on movies, internet, pornography and others.
“Let us look at the attitude of parents; some parents do not have time
for their children because all that they are after is money. They think
money can solve all the problems.
“Teachers are also not helping matters. Some teachers do not even go to
school while those that eventually go may not even teach. These are some
of the factors affecting non-performance of our children in their
schools. You have to make sure that your students are studious”.
He advised government to take the welfare of students seriously and
ensure “that teachers’ salaries are paid regularly and their conditions
of service bettered.”
The quiz competition, which held in four centres in the council area,
saw Ejova Primary School, Oleh, emerge winner while Omode Primary
School, Irri and Erowha Primary School came out as first and second
runners up respectively.
Earlier, Head, Environmental Department, Isoko South Local Government
Area, Mr. Collins Enigheno the completion and the WASH programme would
have positive impact on the society.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/education-standard-go-back-basics-says-unicef-consultant/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/education-standard-go-back-basics-says-unicef-consultant/
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