Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), March 4, 2014 (SPS) - A Nigerian ministerial delegation, led by the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory Ms. Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, arrived Tuesday’s morning in the Saharawi refugee camps, as part of a solidarity visit to the Saharawi Republic (SADR).
The delegation is composed of a number of Nigerian President’s advisors for woman affairs, ambassador in Algiers, prominent female personalities, and some members of the Nigerian Relief Agency.
The delegation is to deliver humanitarian aid for the benefit of Saharawi woman.
This high-level delegation was received upon its arrival by Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, minister of foreign affairs, Ms. Fatma Al-Mehdi, secretary general of the Saharawi Women Union, and Mr. Abbi Bacharaya, ambassador in Nigeria.
In the Wilaya of Smara, the delegation will deliver a set of humanitarian aids provided by Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, to the Saharawi National Union of Woman.
In the afternnon, they will visit some Saharawi state’s institutions in Chahid Al Hafed, Saharawi refugee camps.
They will conclude their one-day solidarity visit by holding a meeting with the President of the Republic Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz. (SPS)
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