Zulum shares N275m, food to 90,000 displaced families

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has supervised the distribution of N275 million to 90,000 households of internally displaced persons, who were also given bags of food, and textiles.

This is in line with the tradition, which Zulum has sustained in the last three years, as part of multi-faced efforts to increase the resilience of communities affected by Boko Haram attacks.

Through the intervention, the government also supports the people with livelihoods as they gradually transit into farming, micro, small, and medium scale businesses in order to eventually cater to themselves.

According to a statement on Saturday by Zulum’s spokesman, Mallam Isa Gusau, the cash support has also been an effective tool in fighting Boko Haram’s ability to recruit spies from extremely poor and vulnerable communities.

The statement said Monguno has been host to internally displaced persons from about five Local Government Areas in the fringes of the Lake Chad, as well as refugees who returned from Niger Republic after fleeing from Boko Haram’s attacks between 2013 and 2014.

Zulum, after interacting with the IDPs and returning refugees in Monguno on Friday, supervised the distribution of wrapper, sugar, and N5,000 each to 55,000 women, making a total of N275 million.

After dealing with women, Zulum began midnight distribution supervision on Saturday to reach 35,000 male heads of households who had lined up in anticipation. Each of the men got two bags of rice and maize grits.

The combined numbers of male and female beneficiaries made up 90,000, according to the statement.

The statement also revealed that Zulum during his late night activities, visited the General Hospital to monitor healthcare services by medical personnel.

Source: PUNCH

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