From
left: Head of mission, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),
Mr Karl Mattli; ICRC president, Mr Peter Maurer; President Muhammadu
Buhari; minister of health, Prof. Isaac Adewole and ICRC Regional
director for Africa, Patricia Danzi, after a meeting of the Mr President
with ICRC delegation at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday
(17/10/16). 7744/17/10/2016/Callistus Ewelike/JAU/BJO/NAN
Following the release of 21 out of the more than 200 schoolgirls held captive by Boko Haram, leaders of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who brokered the deal with the Federal government of Nigeria, have arrived in Nigeria.
The ICRC officials led by their President, Peter Maurer, on Monday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.
Maurer also disclosed that the ICRC
has budgeted 136 million Swiss francs (about $138 million) for
humanitarian services in the Lake Chad Region in 2016.