 Now the Adamaa State Government has commanded the United Nations for earmarking $375 million dollars to tackle food shortage insecurity and other humanitarian challenges in the North East. The government gave the commendation during a meeting with a high-powered delegation from the United Nations with traditional and religious leaders in the insurgency ravaged communities of Madagali local government area of Adamaa State. Take a listen. According to the UN report on food security across the 21 local government areas of Adamaa State, about 700,000 are under crisis of emergency levels of food, nutrition and insecurity. Madagali, Michika and other areas are affected by insurgency and denied access to farmland which are critical. It is for these reasons that a delegation from the UN led by the resident and humanitarian coordinator and the representative of the Secretary General is in Nigeria. The country representative while setting the tone for the discussion reveals that the UN agencies have distributed agricultural inputs to over 10,000 households across the five mostly affected LGA's in Adamaa State. And also the issue of peace building in Michiba and around the areas here. And these are critical to address the intercommunal disputes that are very critical in this region from the small understanding I had for my last visit. I also want to really reinforce one reality we are dealing with. The humanitarian situation does not end with a military success or securing towns for LGA's. Representatives of traditional and religious leaders speak on some of their challenges and call on the government to intervene urgently. Our people have planted so many things but there is no fertilizer. You are not allowed to bring fertilizer in this land. It's against the ethic of the military. Poverty, the level of insecurity that our people have been experiencing for the past seven, eight years, most of our youth have been out of jobs. While the Adamaa State government describes interaction as positive, it however assured the UN delegation of doing everything possible to complement their efforts. Mainly they have come to get firsthand information interacting with community leaders and the women and farmers on their challenges with respect to accessing their farm lands. The delegation also meets with women who are the bulk of the farmers and those whose husbands were killed by the insurgents. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.