By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri
THE North East Development Commission (NEDC) has distributed food and other items to 106 Clubs and Associations including vulnerable groups comprising orphans, widows and Persons With Disability (PWD).
Speaking at the ceremony which took place at one of the Central stores of th Commission on Tuesday in Maiduguri, Mr Mohammed Alkali, the Managing-Director, NEDC, said that the gesture was to cushion effects of the hardship in the country, especially the people of the North East.
Alkali, represented by the Borno Coordinator, NEDC, Mohammed Umar, said that “the target was to reach out to vulnerable groups including orphans, widows, Persons with Disabilities and students of tertiary institutions through their unions.”
He added that the gesture was in line with the commission’s mandate to ameliorate the hardship caused the by the insurgency in the society.
Umar said that about 567 vulnerable households had benefited from the latest support of the commission to the people.
He informed that similar gestures have been extended to other North Eastern states of Gombe, Bauchi, Taraba, Yobe and Adamawa respectively.
The Borno Coordinator urged the people of region to always avail themselves to opportunities provided by the commission in its interventions at various sectors.
In his remarks, the Borno Chairman of Joint Association of Persons with Disabilities, Malam Mohammed Abubakar, lauded the commission for the support which he said was timely.
“This support coming at this critical time of inflation coupled with the Ramadan period is timely.
“We remain grateful to NEDC for the sustained support of vulnerable groups and urged other organisations to emulate it in complementing government interventions at this critical moment,” Abubakar said. End
