Bill Gates Donates $1Million As Food Aid In Bornu State

Borno state Governor Kashim Shettima on Sunday hailed off the circulation of nourishment things and ranch outreach focusing on 40,000 casualties of the Boko Haram revolt through the backing of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which gave one million dollars to the Borno State Government as a post strife mediation that is intended to bolster casualties who are coming back to their groups.

Representative Shettima propelled at the backing with the appropriation of 25 kilogram pack of rice and 10 kilogram sack of beans to each of 1,100 family units at Mainok town in Kaga nearby government range, 45 kilometers far from Maiduguri. The Governor declared that authorities of the State Government working with the Gates Foundation utilized the $1m to secure the sustenance things and initiated financing of 100 hectares of homestead where beans is being developed. He clarified that 200 homestead families will be assigned worked and fruitful area measuring half hectare each alongside enhanced seeds, manure, chemicals and specialized supervision so they can begin developing nourishment crops. The Governor additionally declared the arrival of two trucks of maize network to add to the sustenance acquired with Gates gift.

“We are grateful to God for creating people like Mr Bill Gates and his dear wife, Melinda. These leading lights of philanthropy across the world have shown love to the good people of Borno State at a time we are on the ground and looking for any hand to hold in trying to lift ourselves up, the Governor said.

Officials of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ‎(UNOCHA) witnessed the distribution with good will presented by them.
The Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement in Borno State, Dr Babagana Umara Zulum explained that two trucks of food items as well as two farms in Damboa and Konduga funded through the Gates donation were ‎ready for immediate access on Sunday while more communities were to benefit in a continuous exercise.