Borno State Governor sustains humanitarian intervention in Bama, Konduga

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has supervised the distribution of N200m and food items to over 70,000 displaced households.

The displaced persons have been denied access to their farmlands, markets and other means of livelihood for years as a result to the insurgency activities.

The Governor also extended the intervention, to agricultural activities that will enable them earn a living as part of the multidimensional approach to deny Boko Haram opportunities of using social and economic means of recruiting fighters from displaced persons.

The distribution took place in five centres across Bama town.

40,000 female heads of households received two packets of sugar, a wrapper and a token of N5,000 while 30,000 male heads of households each received a bag of rice, a bag of maize grill and a carton of spaghetti.

The Governor said, “We share your pains and we are appealing to every one of you to continue with the prayers for peace to return to our dear state”

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Governor Zulum also ordered the immediate construction of 500 houses in Nguro Soye, a community in Bama.

The Governor also announced the rehabilitation of additional 1,000 private homes in the town, which were destroyed by insurgents, in order to facilitate resettlement of displaced residents.

Social Protection
In the same vein, the Governor extended the humanitarian and social protection interventions to residents of Konduga who were also denied means of livelihood by Boko haram.

Zulum, supervised the disbursement of N185m to 26,000 displaced persons, small and medium-size business owners and groups of volunteers supporting the military’s fight against insurgents.

From the N185m, the Governor supervised the disbursement of N80m and food varieties to 26,000 displaced households located in three centers: two in Konduga town and one in Mandrari.

The N80m was shared to 16,000 female heads of households, each of whom received food, a wrapper and a token of N5,000.

10,000 male heads of households each received a bag of rice, a bag of maize grill and a carton of spaghetti.

Zulum also announced an upcoming agricultural initiative to restore farming activities so people could eventually fend for themselves.

In a bid to stimulate local businesses in Konduga, Governor Zulum allocated N100m for distribution to small and medium-sized business holders.

The Governor who also boosted the morale of local volunteers helping in the fight against Boko Haram, Zulum distributed N5.2m to a combined number of 523 members of the Civilian JTF, hunters and vigilantes.

Each of them received N10,000, amounting to N5,233,000, accompanied by two bags of rice, two bags of maize grill and two packets of spaghetti for each of the 523 fighters.

Zulum also directed each of the volunteer groups to submit a list of their broken-down patrol vehicles for immediate repairs, in addition to getting new ones where necessary.

The Governor added that, citizens shouldn’t relent in their prayers for peace especially taking advantage of the spiritual month of Ramadan.

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