N80m, foodstuffs for 16,000 Gwoza female returnees

Our Reporter Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday supervised the distribution of N80 million and food supplies to 16,000 female returnees in the township of Gwoza as part of activities on the second day of his humanitarian visit to towns and villages in Gwoza Local Government Area of Southern Borno.The Governor, who arrived at Gwoza on Friday, had, on Saturday, supervised the distribution of N150 million to small and medium-scale traders as well as food to 27,000 people, mostly male family members who returned after fleeing from Boko Haram occupation.When activities resumed on Sunday, each of the 16,000 women received N5, 000 cash to complement the variety of food items given to each of them.The intervention is part of the continued support to vulnerable residents of communities whose means of livelihood is affected by activities of Boko Haram.Read Also; Zulum inaugurates N6b Maiduguri-Bama roadGwoza came under Boko Harams occupation between 2014 and 2015 with videos showing the insurgents deadly leader, Abubakar Shekau using Gwoza Town as the sects spiritual and territorial headquarters. The military liberated the town in later part of 2015.The insurgents had, during their stay, destroyed hundreds of private homes and public facilities, particularly schools as a result of the sects ideological opposition to western education.As part of sustained responses to restoring education in all local government areas, Zulum used his visit to Gwoza to interact with teachers of Government Secondary School and Government Day Secondary School, both in Gwoza town.Based on his findings, the Governor ordered complete rebuilding and remodelling of personal houses belonging to 33 teachers which were destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents during their occupation in 2014.Aside rebuilding teachers homes, Zulum also ordered the recruitment of six additional teachers, to be equally distributed to the two schools he interacted based on their needs.In a related development, Governor Zulum has announced the extension of the ban on political thuggery in the 27 local government areas of the state.
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