The Federal Government has handed over over 37,000 bags of assorted grains to Bormo State for onward distribution to the poorest and most vulnerable members of society as part of its initiatives to cushion the effect of the economic hardship as a result of the removal of fuel subsidies.
 
Heading over the assorted grains to the Borno state government at the NEMA central store in Maiduguri on Monday, the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency ( NEMA), Mallam Zubaida Umar, said, “President Bola Tinubu approved the release of 42,000 metric tonnes of assorted grains from the national reserve to vulnerable households and groups to cushion the economic hardship.”.
 
The Director General of NEMA, represented by the Northeast Zonal Director, Mallam Yakubu Suleiman, said, “The 42 metric tonnes were in fulfulment of President Bola Tinubu to release assorted food items from the strategic grain reserve in the custody of the Federy Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security.”.
 
“The assorted food items include maize, surghum, millet, and Garri; the Borno state is allocated 594 metric tonnes of maize (over 11,000 bags), 252 metric tonnes of millet (5,130 bags), and 9,972 metric tonnes of surghum (69,409 bags),” the DG NEMA said.
 
Responding, Governor Babagana Zulum of Bormo State assured the federal government that the food items would be distributed to the most deserving and vulnerable members of society.
 
“On behalf of the government and the people of Bormo State, I want to profoundly express our appreciation to the federal government under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu for allocating over 37,000 bags of assorted food items,” Zulum said.
 
Governor Zulum said, “I want to use this medium to assure the Federal Government that the assorted grains will be judiciously distributed to the less fortunate and the most vulnerable and deserving households in the state. It would not be diverted; I would ensure every deserving member of society got it.”
 
He said this is not the first time the Federal Government is assisting the people of Bormo State, stressing that they have supported the state in the areas of food items, housing, among others. 
 
“I also want to use this opportunity to express our appreciation to President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and the Director General of NEMA, among other organisations, for their support of the state,”  Zulum further said.