This development came five years after Mr Goïta assumed power.
The agency said that five million risk losing assistance unless urgent funding is found.
Mr Ahmed revealed that at least six million people are displaced in Nigeria, while thousands of refugees are living elsewhere across the world.
The diplomats highlighted the promising prospects opened by the Royal Atlantic Initiative for the Sahel countries.
Mr Elleman made the call at a stakeholders’ meeting with hoteliers in Minna to address the menace of thuggery.
He disclosed this at a plenary on the need to regulate the proliferation of unlicensed orphanages across local government areas.
On January 29, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger formally withdrew from the regional bloc.
“Niger is a great example of how such collaboration can work to bring real prosperity to Nigeria,” he added.
He said all suspects will be prosecuted accordingly immediately after the investigation.
“In the next one month, I don’t want to see any one of the insurgents in our borders again,” he ordered.
