The discussions would focus on ways to establish and coordinate distribution of relief materials, provision of psychosocial support to victims and empowerment of women and girls.
The issue of advocacy to expose the full magnitude of the humanitarian crisis in the region would also take the centre stage at the high-powered meeting scheduled for Abuja on 28th of February.
The First Ladies of Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali are expected to be in attendance, as well as representatives of Development, Voluntary and Civil Society Organizations.
This was the focus of a technical session convened in Sokoto yesterday, which had in attendance the First Lady of Niger Republic, Doctor MALIKA ISSOUFOU MAHAMADOU.
The latest efforts are fallout of discussions between AISHA BUHARI and Doctor MAHAMADOU on the sidelines of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York last year.
Both first ladies are concerned about the spate of fleeing populations and refugees moving within and across national borders in search of safety and settled life, especially in the conflict-prone Lake Chad Basin.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance estimates that some three point eight million people are facing severe food insecurity and going hungry, as at July last.
