Insurgency: FG Constitutes Committee On Victims Support Fund
In her effort to scale up support for victims of insurgency and terror attacks nationwide, the Nigerian Government has constituted a Committee on Victims Support Fund to mobilize resources and administer appropriate support to victims of insurgency and Boko Haram terror activities all over the country.
Accordingly, the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has approved the composition and appointment of members of the Committee on Victims Support Funds as follows:
- Gen. TY Danjuma, GCON – Chairman
- Mr. Fola Adeola – Deputy Chairman
- Alh. Mohammed Indimi – Member
- Alh. Abdulsamad I. Rabiu – Member
- Alh. Sani Dauda – Member
- Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija – Member
- Mr. Cosmas Maduka – Member
- Mr. Jim Ovia – Member
- Mr. Wale Tinubu – Member
- Alh. Sani Sidi, DG, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) – Member
- Air Vice Marshal Tony Omenyi (Representing Defence Headquarters) – Member
- CP Salisu Fagge, representing Nigerian Police Force – Member
- Mr. Sayana Yusuf, representing Department of State Services – Member
- Chief Uche Secondus, PDP Deputy National Chairman (South) – Member
- Alh. Tijani Tunsah, APC Deputy National Chairman (North) – Member
- Representative of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) – Member
- Representative of Jamaatul Nasril Islam (JNI) – Member
- Chief(Mrs.) Nkechi Mba, Representing National Council of Women Societies – Member
- Prof. Ben Angwe, Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) – Member
- Representative of the United Nations (UN) – Member
- Representative of Department for International Development (DFID) – Member
- Representative of Unites States Agency for International Development (USAID) – Member
- Representative of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) – Member
- Alh. Balarabe Musa, Representing Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) – Member
- Two (2) Representatives of Local Civil society/Youth Groups (Male & Female) – Members.
- Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) – Secretariat
According to the press release by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, the Committee would be inaugurated by the President on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 by 10.00am at the Council Chamber, Aso Villa, Abuja.
[source: http://www.channelstv.com/2014/07/14/insurgency-fg-constitutes-committee-victims-support-fund/]