{"id":6946,"date":"2021-01-01T16:26:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T16:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6946"},"modified":"2021-01-01T16:26:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T16:26:22","slug":"zulum-to-nema-800000-borno-idps-need-food-in-11-towns-dg-says-every-state-wants-governor-like-zulum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6946","title":{"rendered":"Zulum to NEMA: 800,000 Borno IDPs need food in 11 towns\u00a0 … DG says every state wants Governor like Zulum"},"content":{"rendered":"
Zulum to NEMA: 800,000 Borno IDPs need food in 11 towns<\/div>\n
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… DG says every state wants Governor like Zulum<\/div>\n
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Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was yesterday at headquarters of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in Abuja to demand food supplies to 800,000 internally displaced persons in critical need across 11 towns in Borno.<\/div>\n
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Zulum in a letter, informed NEMA\u2019s director general, AVM Muhammadu Alhaji Mohammed (rtd) that IDPs in Monguno, Bama, Damboa, Gwoza, Dikwa, Gamboru, Ngala, Damasak, Banki, Pulka and Gajiram currently need urgent access to food supplies despite sustained efforts by Borno state government, which combines humanitarian challenges with addressing other provision basic needs across the state.<\/div>\n
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The governor however, acknowledged interventions made by NEMA, the Northeast Development Commission and far reaching efforts by the Nigerian Customs Service following Presidential directive two years ago, that food seizures be used for humanitarian support in crises areas.<\/div>\n