distributed to families affected by the Koshebe Attack in Borno
State.
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the disbursement
of relief materials to families affected by the Koshebe attack in
Borno State.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management,
Sadiya Faruk, who is carrying out the executive order, disclosed
this on Wednesday.
Faruk visited Borno State with a high-power team that included
the Minister for Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen and the
Managing Director of the North East Development commission,
Mohammed Goni.
Before proceeding to Zabarmari village in Jere local government
to meet the mourners, the minister paid a sympathy visit to
Governor Babagana Zulum.
“Beside the 43 persons that were confirmed dead and subsequently
buried, it is learnt that some persons in the community were also
abducted by the insurgents and are currently being sought after by
combined team of the military and other security agencies,” Sadiya
told Zulum.
The minister regretted the gruesome killing of the farmers who
according to her were not only working to feed themselves but to
also contribute to the food security of the nation.
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“His Excellency the President and Commander-in-Chief Muhammadu
Buhari GCFR is saddened by the attack and has directed me to come
here to deliver relief supports from the Federal Government to
families of the victims and other affected persons,” Sadiya
said.
Items to be distributed include: 13,000 bags of 12.5kg rice (5 ½
trailer load), 13,000 bags of 12.5kg maize (5 ½ trailer load),
13,000 bags of 25kg beans (11 trailer load); 1,300 kegs of
vegetable oil; 2,116 cartons of seasoning; 1,083 cartons of tin
tomato; and 650 bags of salt.
The community representatives thanked the government for the
intervention but reechoed the position of their representatives at
the National Assembly that security is their most urgent need
now.