The Federal Government has said it has secured the agreement of the United Arab Emirates to create humanitarian response stations nationwide to enable timely attention to victims of disasters.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr BETTA EDU, disclosed this to State House correspondents in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates after her interactions with officials of the Emirati government at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).

EDU said Nigeria sought the UAE’s assistance to address humanitarian crises emanating from climate change-induced insurgency in the Northeast and to reduce poverty in the most affected regions.

She stated that the Red Crescent, the Emirati equivalent to the Red Cross, is ready to build a more resilient humanitarian response system for Nigeria.