August 20, (THEWILL) – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has supervised the distribution of food items donated by the Federal Government to over 10,000 families in the Mafa Local Government Area of the state.
The distribution took place on Tuesday, in four centres in Mafa town, the headquarters of the local government council, with each of the beneficiaries receiving one bag of maize.
Zulum expressed gratitude to the Federal Government for the intervention and noted that some of the food items were distributed in Gwoza and Nganzai LGAs.
“This food item constitutes the last batch of those donated by the Federal Government to the state. You can remember that we shared similar food items in Gwoza and Nganzai a few months ago,” Zulum said.
Meanwhile, in a decisive move to address the growing hunger crisis in the area, Governor Zulum has augmented the Federal Government’s food aid with the distribution of N150 million to 15,000 females in Mafa town.
In addition to the cash support, Zulum also distributed wrappers procured by the Borno State Government to the women, with each of the beneficiaries receiving one wrapper.
“Each female head of household will receive a wrapper and sum of N10,000 through our Microfinance Bank,” the Governor stated.
