Zulum shares food palliatives to 23,000 households in Borno

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has distributed food palliatives to no fewer than 23,000 households in Baga town, Kukawa Local Government Area of the state.

Speaking on Monday, July 24, 2023, Zulum said: “Distribution of palliatives is one of the agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He (Tinubu) has declared an emergency on food security, and in line with this objective, Borno State Government is distributing food items to communities. We have provided food and non-food items to over 20,000 men and women.”

According to a statement issued by the Borno State Government on Tuesday, Zulum’s latest intervention reached 13,000 households in Baga town, 3,500 at Cross Kauwa, a town near Baga, and 6,500 in Doro Baga, another community, making 23,000 households in total.

Each of the 23,000 households received bags of rice, spaghetti, and maize grain with women getting a wrapper each.

In Baga the 13,000 households were made of 4,000 male heads of households who received a bag of rice and a bag of maize grain each, and 9,000 females, each of who received a carton of spaghetti and one wrapper each.

In Doro Baga, 3,500 male heads of households received a bag of rice and maize grain each, and 3,000 females received carton of spaghetti and a wrapper.

In Cross Kauwa, another 1,500 male heads of the household received a bag of rice and maize grain and 2,000 females received carton of spaghetti and a wrapper.

Borno’s palliative task force chairman, Engr Bukar Talba, and Dr. Barkindo Muhammad Saidu, Director General of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), led officials to Baga on Sunday to begin the distribution before Zulum joined them on Monday morning and completed the exercise.

The distribution had other participants, including the member, the member of the House of Representatives for Kukawa, Abadam, Guzamala, and Mobbar Federal Constituency, Bukar Gana Kareto, and a member representing Kukawa at the Borno State House of Assembly, Karta Maina Ma’aji Lawan, among others.

The Star