okooo.......Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is
currently in Maiduguri, Borno state for the flag-off of Multi-Billion
Naira food intervention for Northeast.
Osinbajo’s visit is coming hours after Boko Haram
terrorists launched multiple attacks in some areas in Maiduguri, burning
houses and leaving over fourteen people dead and scores injured.
The acting president was received at the Maiduguri International Airport on Thursday, June 8th,
by Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima, his Bauch State counterpart,
Mohammed Abubakar, Yobe State Deputy Governor, Abubakar Ali, Chief of
Army Staff, Lt.. Gen. TY Buratai, Minister of Youths and Sports
Development, Bra. Solomon Dalung, among others.
This new initiative of the Federal Government aims to distribute food to 1.8m persons affected by insurgency in the North East.
The distribution will be carried out on behalf of the
Federal Government by officials of the National Emergency Management
Agency (NEMA) in partnership with State Emergency Management Agencies
(SEMAs) and International Humanitarian Agencies.
The total amount of food to be distributed in the first
phase which was flagged off by Osinbajo, today, is 30,000 metric tonnes
— comprising Maize, Sorghum and Soyabeans, grown locally by Nigerian
farmers and purchased from Nigerian companies.
The Federal Government will buy the grain to be distributed
from local farmers and suppliers. The grains will be sourced from
Ibadan, Funtua, Kano, Kaduna, Gombe and will be conveyed — mainly by
road— to IDPs (in camps and host communities) in Borno, Adamawa, Taraba,
Yobe, Bauchi and Gombe. A total of 1,032 trucks were involved in the
first phase of the Distribution.
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