ThePresident of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou says the commissionin collaboration with Nigerian Government will provide boreholes, rehabilitatedamaged schools and health facilities in communities affected by insurgency inthe Northeast. ThePresident, who was represented by Commissioner, Social Affairs and Gender,ECOWAS, Siga Jagne said this in Abuja at the symposium organised to commemoratethe World Humanitarian Day with the theme: “Celebrating #Women Humanitarians”. Brousaid that the United Nations has rightly chosen the 2019 humanitarian day tohonour women, who have acted as first responders to the darkest hour of crisis. Accordingto him, this year’s campaign on women humanitarians, support the recognitionthat women deserves a part in strengthening of global humanitarian response aswell as in protection efforts under the international law. TheDirector General, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA Mustapha Maihajasaid the day provides the opportunity to reflect on the risk associated withthe provision of humanitarian services in the country.