Federal Government has inaugurated the National Humanitarian Mine Action Committee to tackle the menace of Explosive Ordinance in the North-East part of Nigeria.
Speaking in Abuja, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq said the essence of the Committee was to save citizens in the north east and other parts of the country from the threat of explosive ordnances.
She explained that when an armed conflict is over, the battlefields are often littered with explosive debris which is still dangerous noting that the stocks of weapons left behind by combatants and explosive munitions that were fired but failed to go off as intended.
While urging members of the Committee to commit themselves to the important assignment aimed at saving lives, the Minister said the gesture is in compliance with the Presidential Directive, to save citizens from the threat of explosive ordnances.
On his part, the Coordinator of the Committee, Group Captain Sadeeq Garba Shehu, assured of their commitment to work for the success of the assignment.
It is expected that the Committee will eventually transform into National Mine Action Centre that will develop national capacity for Humanitarian Mine Action.
