Borno state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has disbursed N221,760,000 cash, food items and wrappers to 67,454 vulnerable residents of Ngala local government area.
Zulum was in Ngala on Saturday where he spent two nights coordinating humanitarian and developmental activities in the local government area.
The distribution took place in five centres in Gamboru, Wulgo and Ngala, the major communities housing thousands of internally displaced persons from two local government areas that fled due to the activities of Boko Haram insurgents.
The exercise started on Sunday with 44,352 women beneficiaries each receiving N5,000 cash and a wrapper, while 23,102 male heads of households each got one bag of rice and one bag of maize on Monday.
“Yesterday (Sunday), we distributed non-food items to about 44,352 women in Ngala Local Government Area. Each of them received N5, 000 and a wrapper. This morning (Monday), we are distributing food items to 23,103 male heads of households. Each of them will receive one bag of rice and one bag of maize to cushion their hardship,” Zulum said.
The governor expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for supporting Borno state government with donation of about 10,000 bags of rice through the Nigerian Customs Service.
The governor was accompanied by the senator representing Borno Central, Barrister Kaka Shehu Lawan, a member House of Representatives, Engr Bukar Talba and a member of the House of Assembly representing Ngala constituency, Hon Bukar Abatcha.
Others on the governor’s entourage included commissioners, special advisers and special advisers-designate, heads of agencies in charge of humanitarian activities and some top officials of the government.
