By Michael Olugbode, Maiduguri
The Borno State Government has distributed assorted food items to 3,200 families in a suburb of Maiduguri, the state capital, as part of efforts at cushioning the economic hardship in the state.
Distributing the items, which include rice, tomato paste, seasoning, salt, cooking oil and noodles to the people of the Zabarmari community on Sunday, the Chairperson of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, Hajiya Yabawa Kolo, said the gesture was part of the government’s ongoing efforts to support the low income population in the state with palliatives.
Kolo said the donation was to support the vulnerable segment of the society undergoing hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and insurgency.
Kolo, who doubles as the Secretary of the Palliative Response Committee, explained that some of the beneficiaries were persons with disabilities, old people and widows as well as other low income earners.