By Jonathan Okpanachi
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has distributed food items and agricultural inputs to over 35,000 male heads of households in Monguno local government area of the state.
People&Politics reports that each of the 35,000 beneficiaries received one bag of 25kg rice and cowpeas to support their farming activities.
According to the governor, the rice package was part of the 20 trucks donated by the federal government to the state to alleviate the hardship faced by people due to high cost of food items.
Quoting him, “We are in Monguno town mainly for two functions. The first reason is to distribute food items provided to the government of Borno State by the federal government. Twenty trucks of rice were given to us.
“We have also distributed seeds. Most of our farmers don’t have the capacity to buy farm inputs. We have distributed cowpeas to all the able heads of households.
“The federal government has provided 90 trucks of fertiliser to the state government for free to distribute to our farmers.”
The governor thanked the federal government for supporting the people of his state. In his words, “On behalf of the people of Borno State, I want to appreciate the federal government for this laudable gesture.”
He also distributed over N450m to 45,000 widows and vulnerable women in Monguno during his Sunday visit.
Governor Zulum said, “We have also distributed N10,000 in cash support and a wrapper to each of the over 45,000 widows and vulnerable women in Monguno town.”
The distribution of palliative by this administration was not meant to create dependency, but to support vulnerable families that have lost their sources of livelihood to the Boko Haram crisis facing Borno State, he said.
