Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum On Saturday visited Rann,in Kala-Balge Local Government Area where he supervised the distribution of N65m in cash to widows and some vulnerable residents.
The people in Rann,have been going through tough times due to the security situation in Borno State.
The community can be only be accessed through the Republic of Cameroon by road, hence agricultural activities are restricted mainly to backyard farming and excessive flood from a dam in Central Africa had forced residents to resort to neighboring Cameroon Republic for livelihoods.
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The Governor’s visit the fifth since he assumed office was to provide them with financial assistance to enable them buy food and other basic needs at a Cameroonian boarder village.
Each of the 8,000 households in the community was given between N10,000 and N5,000 cash. While the 5,000 Male householders received N10,000 each, 3,000 of their female counterparts received N5,000 and 10k bag of rice each.
Zulum was in Rann on June 9 and December 8, 2019, and later returned in February and June 2020.
In all visits, the Governor supervised the distribution of food and non-food aid to residents, many of them in critical humanitarian needs.
