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President Bola Tinubu has announced the establishment of a disaster relief fund in Maiduguri, Borno State, to assist Nigerian citizens impacted by floods and other disasters.
He announced this at the Borno Government House when he visited the state to sympathise with the government and people over the recent flooding from Alau Dam.
President Tinubu, who urged the private sector to contribute to the fund, said the relief fund was already expedient as the climate becomes more unpredictable and many places in the country are vulnerable to its vagaries.
Tinubu visited the Shehu of Borno, an Internally Displaced Persons camp at the Government Secondary School in Maiduguri and had a drive-through of some of the areas affected by the disaster.
At the palace, the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Ibn Umar Garba El-Kanemi, thanked the President for the honour of visiting the state after the Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, had earlier represented him.
The Shehu of Borno urged the President to investigate the cause of the Alua dam collapse and overflow into the town to prevent a recurrence.
The Governor of Borno State thanked the President for the visit and commended the prompt intervention of Federal Government agencies, particularly NEMA and the military’s Theatre Command, in evacuating stranded victims.
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, who accompanied the President on the visit, said the National Assembly will collaborate with the executive to establish the Fund.
Bola Tinubu
Abubakar Ibn Umar-Shehu of Borno
-Professor Babagana Zulum-Governor of Borno State