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Media Advisory: UN Under-Secretary-General and Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock to visit Nigeria

Mr Lowcock will be representing the UN Secretary-General at the official handover of the UN House ceremony in the capital Abuja

Nigeria remains one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 23, 2019/APO Group/ --

WHO: Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock


WHAT: Mission to Nigeria
WHEN: 23-24 October 2019
WHERE: Abuja, FCT/Maiduguri, Borno State

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock is scheduled to visit Nigeria on 23 and 24 October 2019.

Mr Lowcock will be representing the UN Secretary-General at the official handover of the UN House ceremony in the capital Abuja, which is held on the occasion of UN Day on Thursday 24 October.

The Emergency Relief Coordinator is also expected to meet with senior Nigerian officials, donors, UN agencies and local and international NGOs involved in the federal capital and in Borno State's capital, Maiduguri.

On 26 August 2011, twenty-three UN staff, contractors and visitors lost their lives and 60 other were injured in a car bombing at the entrance of the UN headquarters in the capital.

Ten years of conflict have left over 7 million people in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) states in dire need of humanitarian assistance, and Nigeria remains one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world. The provision of life-saving services to these ravaged communities is a joint effort between the Government of Nigeria and the international humanitarian community since 2016.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).