Published By Olukayode Idowu
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has supervised the distribution of cash, food and non-food items to 15,327 persons made up largely of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other vulnerable persons in his home town in Mafa local government area of the state.
The distribution which would subsequently extended to other local governments is to allow the poor in the state have food on their tables during the Holy month of Ramadan.
The governor who began the Ramadan fast in his hometown, Mafa, where he spent Friday night, gave out the palliative on Saturday.
Those that benefitted from the gesture include 9,313 females and 6,014 males; with each given N5,000, which total N76,635,000:00.
Aside the cash, each man got 50kg of rice and five yards of Shadda while each woman received a wrapper and 10kg of sugar.
While in Mafa, Zulum inspected facilities at the General Hospital and interacted with health workers.
The governor was at the hospital’s laboratory, theatre room and staff quarters. Zulum at the end of his assessments, directed the Principal Medical Officer of the hospital to immediately submit details of some of their requirements for sustained healthcare delivery.
