Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum is on a trip to Monguno since Thursday, April 14, supervising the distribution of two hundred and seventy-five million naira (N275m) alongside bags of food, and textiles to 90,000 households that are internally displaced.
This kind of intervention, which Zulum has sustained in the last three years, is part of multi-faced efforts to increase the resilience of communities affected by Boko Haram attacks, supporting them with livelihoods as they gradually transit into farming, micro, small, and medium scale businesses in order to eventually cater for themselves.
Zulum, alongside the Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Barr. Mohammed Tahir Monguno travelled by road from Maiduguri on Thursday, passed the night in Mafa, his hometown, and arrived in Monguno on Friday morning to commence humanitarian activities.
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Monguno has been host to internally displaced persons from about five Local Government Areas on the fringes of Lake Chad, as well as refugees who returned from the Niger Republic after fleeing from Boko Haram’s attacks between 2013 and 2014.
After interacting with the IDPs and returned refugees in Monguno, Governor Zulum on Friday, supervised the distribution of wrapper, sugar, and N5,000 each to 55,000 women, making a total of N275 million.
After dealing with women throughout the day, Zulum began midnight supervision on Saturday, to reach 35,000 male heads of households who had lined up in anxious anticipation.
Each of the men was provided two big bags of rice and maize grits.
The combined numbers of male and female beneficiaries made up 90,000.
