Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Monday, gave out N24m to 1,200 indigent persons in the former headquarters of the Boko Haram caliphate.
A statement by the governor’s spokesman, Mallam Isa Gusau, which disclosed this, said Zulum used the entire Monday for humanitarian activities in Ngoshe, Warabe, and Pulka, all in Gwoza Local Government Area of Southern Borno.
He said that at Ngoshe, the governor supervised the distribution of food items and N24m in cash to 1,200 vulnerable people who returned from Pulka and Maiduguri.
The statement quoted the governor as saying the distribution was to continually support resettled communities before the rainy season during which they are expected to undertake agricultural activities.
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It stated further that “The governor also used the opportunity to assess basic amenities, after which he ordered the State Universal Basic Education Board to immediately provide furniture and ensure Ngoshe Central Primary School is reopened in two weeks.”
The school project is at 95 per cent completion, the statement noted.
The governor was also at Warabe in Gwoza LGA where he inspected 350 houses being built for residents whose houses were destroyed by insurgents.