Meanwhile, the Borno State officials declined to provide a detailed breakdown of the sources of the funds received and the outstanding amounts.
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Officials said the flash floods covered a significant part of the state with major impacts recorded in Maiduguri, Jere, Konduga, and Mafa local government areas. However, on Tuesday, 19 November, Mr Iliya told this newspaper that the government had received an additional N3 billion, bringing the total to N15 billion.This still leaves approximately N5 billion in unfulfilled pledges, as the committee is scheduled to wind up the distribution of relief materials today .
Also, former Senate President Ahmed Lawan, Ibrahim Umar, Moh’d Maifata, Ali Dalori, Tahir Monguno, Shehu Lawan, Mohammed Imam, former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, and Eighteenth Engineering Company pledged N50 million each.also pledged N50 million, while Nene Construction Company , the Peoples Democratic Party , Philanthropist Zainab Gimba, Abdulkadir Rahis, and Ibrahim Abuna each pledged N25 million.
“So, the macaroni, spaghetti and flour, they’re interchangeable. And each household will have a blanket, mat and mosquito net,” he said. The Nigerian Society of Engineers, Borno State Chapter, and Usman Monguno donated 10,000 wrappers each. At the same time, the Nigerian Society of Engineers /Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria donated 400 kg of used clothes, and the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency donated 10 trucks of fertiliser and food.The relief materials distribution committee announced that N100,000 was being distributed to flood victims with minimal damage.
To ensure that the right persons received the payments, Mr Gujbawa said district heads in communities went around the houses with his committee for the verification exercise.Despite the verification process, Mr Illiya, chairman of the committee’s media and publicity committee, lamented the insincerity of some district heads and the falsification of the number of households by some flood victims to receive more than their fair share.
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