By Ndahi Inusa, Maiduguri
THE North East Development Commission (NEDC), has distributed food and non-food items to over 10, 000 orphans, widows and people with disabilities (PWDs) in Borno state.
According to the Commission, the Ramadan palliatives was to cushion the economic hardships of the PWDs and other vulnerable groups.
Flagging off the distribution over the weekend in Maiduguri, the Commission’s Managing Director, Mohammed Alkali stated, “Our gestures of distributing the materials is part of the Ramadan palliatives in alleviating the high costs of food and non-food items to the vulnerable groups, comprising orphans, widows, and the PWDs.
“Additionally, the Ramadan palliatives comprise 7,000 each bags and cartons of rice and vegetable oil, 5,000 cartons and pieces of each spaghetti and shaddah materials”.
Besides the Ramadan palliatives, he noted that 7,197 flood victims were also assisted with food and non-food items overcome the challenges of the Maiduguri recent floods.
Alkali continued: “We’re also to distribute the same Ramadan palliatives to the five other states in the Northeast region,” pointing out that the distribution exercise was conducted last year in Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe states.
“We’ve expanded the relief materials distribution programme to include legislators, traditional rulers, as well as security agencies,” he said, adding that this will enable them reach their people with the distributed palliatives during the fasting period.
