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Foundation provides food for over 150
women, children in IDPs camp
....set to train, establish over 1000 IDPs with
empowerment packages
By Gabriel Ewepu
ABUJA — A
nongovernmental
organisation called Nation First
Foundation, NFF, has provided
assorted cooked food for over
150 women and children who
have been malnourished.
The National Coordinator,
NFF, Onianwa Elidad, who and
his team went to the Dagba IDPs
camp in Abuja, explained why
they decided to feed the IDPs
with cooked food, said it was
their responsibility as fellow
Nigerians not to sit and watch
other Nigerians to be crushed
by hunger due to the situation
they find themselves as a result
of insurgency, disease
outbreak, natural disaster,
communal clashes, civil unrest
and others.
Elidad also described the
situation in this camp as terrible
following the malnourished
nature of the children and
women, whom he said hardly
eat a day, and lamented that
they were not receiving much
food and water supply as
expected, which have also
worsen their health condition.
He said: “The Internally
Displaced Persons, IDPs, are not
to be seen as second class
citizens in this country, but they
are equal with other Nigerians
despite the situation they find
themselves, which is not their
making or choice.
“We in Nation First
Foundation, NFF, are pained
the national scene
tate, Senator LiyelImoke; Co-Founder, Transparency International, Mrs.
f Nigeria Limited, Mrs. Ibukun Awosika; Founder/Chief Executive Officer,
at Utomi; Managing Partner, Brandzone Consulting LLC and Convener,
alize; and Executive Director, Sterling Bank Plc, Abubakar Suleiman, at
in Lagos.
National Coordinator, Nation First Foundation, NFF, Onianwa
Elidad, with some of the children in Dagba Internally Displaced
Persons, IDPs, Camp in Abuja, during the visit.
with the condition they are at
the moment, especially children
and women, who are hard hit
with malnutrition in this camp
and other camps scattered all
over the nation, like what they
are passing through in Lake
Chad Basin region, where
children are dying daily of
malnutrition and lack of food.
“Like in this camp, they don’t
have good and regular food
here, and this have further
worsened their health
conditions coupled with the
experience they had before
fleeing their homes, others left
their businesses and farms, and
now no means of livelihood.
Some have lost their certificates
along with other valuables,
others have lost their parents,
bread-winners, and other things
they depended on.
“Nation First Foundation as a
concerned organisation, which
has been as self-sponsored
nongovernmental organization
deemed it fit to step in and
rescue and bring respite to our
fellow Nigerians who have
equal status as other Nigerians.
We decided to do what we can
to put smile on their faces and
to give them sense of belonging
in order for them to be part of
society by bringing this cooked
food and other things to give
them as our support and love.
“We have over 150 women and
children here whom we have
distributed these cooked food to
and they are happy. We gave
them semo, soup, rice, and
other food we brought.”
Meanwhile, he (Elidad) also
disclosed that Foundation has
concluded plans to put in place
intensive and professional
training on different areas of
entrepreneurial skill acquisition
that would be unveiled in 2018,
and subject matter experts
cutting across the public sector,
corporations and brand
strategists who shared insights
on the opportunities in creating
positive national engagements
abroad through brands
exported out of Nigeria. This
plenary was led by Chizor
Malize, Managing Partner,
Brandzone Consulting and
Converner, National Brand
Conference.
Ndidi Nwuneli, Co-Founder
of AACE Foods led the
discussion on the third plenary
titled: Breaking New Grounds:
SMEs as Economic Growth
Engine. She provided insight
on the challenges faced by
SMEs in the Nigerian
environment, the growth
opportunities and key steps for
maximizing SME growth. The
plenary explored the
contribution of the SMEs to
national growth and
development through job
creation, brand export and
economic progression. Other
speakers at the plenary
included Tara Fela-Durotoye,
Founder & CEO House of Tara,
Seyi Abolaji.
British Council tasks
journalists on child’s protection,
sensitive reporting
By Vera Anyagafu & Elizabeth Uwandu
With the advent of digital technology, the role of media
i
n
educating, informing and influencing public opinion,
especially in the reportage of child’s protection and sensitive
issues like gender, religious and ethnic variations, have
continued to raise questions on whether the media was geared
towards ethical or sensational journalism.
It was therefore the desire to expose journalists on the tools
of digital media in promoting and sustaining mutual
understanding for societal developments and peace cohabitation
where everyone freedom and right was protected,
irrespective of sex, age or ethnic-religious affinity that
madeBritish Council Nigeria to host the first maiden Capacity
Building Workshop for the media recently in Lagos. Lucy
Pearson, Country Director, British Council Nigeria said the
maiden capacity building workshop was part of ways the
Council aimed to create new opportunities of knowledge
sharing among key stakeholders. “As UK’s international
Organisation for cultural relations and educational
opportunities, British Council Nigeria constantly seeks different
ways of creating opportunities by providing platforms where
knowledge can be shared amongst key stakeholders. For us,
this workshop is timely as we constantly seek to develop different
sectors in the economy through
capacity building initiatives and
the media is one of such based on
the huge role they play in the
society,” noted Pearson.
Speaking on child’s protection,
Maria Williams, British Council,
Child Protection Project Manager
who raised alarm over high rate of
abuse against children aged below
18years said the media has
obligation to protect children by not
furthering exposing them to abuse
through sensational reporting,
rather the Nigerian Press Council
Code on rights of a child should
be applied.
At British
Council, we
believe that
child
protection
requires
everyone to
take
responsibility
and that every
child matters.
Her words,” At British Council, we believe that child
protection requires everyone to take responsibility and that
every child matters. We recognize that the care, protection and
welfare of children is paramount and that all the children have
the right to be protected from all types of harm.
“And one such harm is indecent exposure of the child. As
media, you should know that children also have rights. Hence,
the National Press Council Code of Ethics for Nigerian
Journalists under children and minors that state that, “ A
journalist should not identify, either by name or picture, or
Interview children under the age of 16 who are involved in
cases concerning sexual offences, crimes and rituals or
witchcraft either as victims, witnesses or defendant,” should
be the guiding principle in reporting issues that concern them,”
added Williams. On her part, Lauratu Umar Abdusalam,
communication specialist and Media Engagement Advisor,
Palladium who spoke on conflict sensitive journalism explained
that journalists have the power to fuel or calm conflicts through
presentation of sensitive issues.
Participants at the event in Lagos.