By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has distributed food and non food items to residents and Internally Displaced Persons in Dikwa Town and surrounding villages in Dikwa LGA of the state.
The governor also urged the IDPs to continue to be resilient and pray for peace to permanently return fully to the state.
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He assured that his government would continue to support and provide all the basic needs of livelihood but they have to be careful and watchful not to allow miscreants and unscrupulous elements into their midst to cause trouble.
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” We are here to support and assist you with some food and non food items because we have not been here for about a year today. Due to the drought and hot weather we will give each household 25 kg of rice and maize.
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“And I will give each of your wives (women) one wrapper and N5000 cash. While you prepare for relocation back to your communities. It is better you return to your ancestral homes to continue with your normal life and occupation of farming than continue to live in IDPs Camps receiving support from NGOs,” Zulum said.
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The governor further said that his government has already concluded arrangements to resettle all IDPs from the surrounding villages of Dikwa town to return to their ancestral homes to settle down and face their farming occupation, promising to support and provide them with farming implements, fertilizers and seeds among others
While emphasing on the numerical strengthen of Borno population as regards the 2023 general elections, the governor advised the IDPs to obtain their voters card to enable them exercise their franchise as citizens of Borno state.
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