The many starving children in North east Nigeria!

No child should be starving or dying of starvation! According to reports,  millions are dying in the Northeastern region of Nigeria which is the most hit by the Boko Haram insurgency. The UN describes it is as the "greatest crisis on the continent" and is appealing to the international community for more than $1bn (£793m) to deliver life-saving humanitarian assistance to almost seven million people in the region (BBC news).

The Aid assistant  is a commendable move, however, without getting to the root cause of the problem and dealing with it, then we still have a gigantic issue that needs dealing with. I hope that the Aid assistance gets to those who really need this help. Rehabilitation, reconstruction and reorientation should be some of the main focus of the government.

The Nigerian government needs to be serious about putting an end to religious conflicts. The Northeast has suffered most from Boko Haram insurgency and needs government to be doing more than sending bags of rice and Indomie noodles. The region needs short and long term development planning.

We should also be asking what happens when there is another Boko Haram uprisal and people get killed and displaced again? It becomes like a non-ending cycle.