The Nigerian Senate has come together to support the victims of the recent floods in Maiduguri, Borno State, with each senator contributing ₦500,000.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, led a Senate delegation to Maiduguri on Tuesday, where he announced that each of the 108 senators would donate ₦500,000, totaling ₦54 million. The Northern Senators’ Forum also contributed ₦10 million, and Jibrin personally donated another ₦10 million, bringing the Senate’s total to ₦74 million.
“When the President of the Senate came, he did not disclose what we intended to donate. The situation of the victims profoundly touches us. After our meeting yesterday, we agreed to donate the sum of ₦54 million. Each senator is donating ₦500,000, totaling ₦54 million.
Personally, I am donating ₦10 million. I pray that this flood will not occur again in Borno State and the entire country,” Jibrin said, addressing Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum at the Government House.
Similarly, Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, when he visited Governor Zulum on Tuesday, donated ₦50 million to the emergency relief fund.
Also, the House of Representatives, represented by Alhassan Doguwa, Chairman of the Northern Regional Caucus, contributed another ₦100 million. Doguwa praised President Bola Tinubu for his swift response to the flood and pledged continued support.
“We also pledge the National Assembly’s readiness to liaise with the Federal Government to create a legislative framework or budgetary intervention to help state governments address the impacts of flood disasters in the country,” he said.
