The Aminu Magashi Garba AMG Foundation has called on the Kano State House of Assembly to establish House Committee on Humanitarian Affairs.
The call was contained in a letter to the Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Alhaji Jibril Isma’il Falgore by the Chairman of the foundation, Dr. Aminu Magashi Garba on Friday, 4th October, 2024.
Recall that, Kano state governor Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf created the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in April, 2024 to alleviate poverty and address humanitarian crisis in the state.
“Kano State, one of the populous states in Nigeria is faced with flooding, high number of youth restiveness, climate change problems, high number of street children, women and homeless persons as well as food insecurity that requires humanitarian response”.
“In view of the above, we write to seek your indulgence for the establishment of the State Assembly Humanitarian Affairs Committee that will provide oversight function and support the ministry in the discharge of its duties as well as support a legislation to establish Humanitarian Intervention Trust Fund”
