Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has launched the distribution of food items to internally displaced persons and the most vulnerable citizens as part of palliatives to cushion the effects of lockdown imposed to contain Covid-19 spread.
Zulum did the brief flag off at custom house IDP camp in Muna, Jere local government area.
The Governor announced at the camp that a large quantity of the food to be distributed at the camp was released by the Northeast Development Commisson, NEDC, for which the people of Borno are grateful to President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said the NEDC has donated 15, 000 bags of rice, 15,000 bags of sorghum and 14,000 bags of millet while the state government is providing thousands of bags in variety of food and wrappers.
At the launch, Zulum made a symbolic presentation of bags of food, cooking oil and wrappers to 4,000 male and female households.
Meanwhile the governor has on Saturday morning, thanked the people of Borno for the high level of compliance with the lockdown order he gave.
Zulum said he may consider the relaxation of the statewide lockdown on Monday and Thursday to enable residents shop for food stuff and to reduce the hardships they face during the ramadan.
Zulum spoke around the empty Maiduguri Monday market after going round the state capital, to monitor compliance of citizens under the lockdown, which he described as very impressive.