The Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, on Friday evening sounded an alarm that a war worse than the Boko Haram insurgency looms in Borno State and the North East in general if something urgent was not done.
Ndume raised the alarm at a cocktail organised to mark the official inauguration of a pet project of the Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, ‘Get Involved Initiative’, which is aimed at combating malnutrition in the North East.
He stated that Nigeria might have a larger crisis on its hands if all stakeholders failed to do something urgent on the malnutrition being experienced among children in the affected area.
Ndume said about 500,000 children would die of malnutrition if something urgent was not done, explaining that, “The situation in Borno State particularly in the North East and in the country as liberated generally is very very serious.
“If we do not do something concrete now on these children that are growing up malnourished, sick with hunger, poverty and malnutrition in Borno State, then we are going to have another war that is worse than the Boko Haram war.
“So I want you to give the Wife of the President all the support. As estimated, if we don’t do something, for sure more than 50,000 children are going to die of malnutrition.
“That is beside the people that are dying right now because of hunger in Borno State.”
In his remarks, the Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, lauded the President’s wife for the initiative, and urged other well-meaning Nigerians to join the crusade of bringing new lease of life to the people of the region, especially children.
Shettima said, “We cannot thank you enough. You deserve special commendation for your giant strides towards assisting the less endowed in our society.
“She has so far given 30 trucks of assorted commodities to our people. We want to call on other well-to-do Nigerians to come out to give to her cause.”
