Borno State government has realized over N12 billion cash and material donations for victims of Alau Dam flood disaster in Maiduguri.
Abdurrahman Bundi, the Senior Special Adviser on New Media to Borno Governor, gave the update on the donations for the Maiduguri Relief Fund on Thursday in Maiduguri.
Bundi said the donations came from corporate entities, state governments, State and National Assembly members, individuals, and Non-Governmental Organisations.
List of donors showed that the North East Development Commission, NEDC, donated N3 billion and food stuff, Aliko Dangote N2 billion, Aminu Dantata N1.5 billion, and Mohammed Indimi N1b billion.
Other donors were Borno local government areas, N1.2 billion; Oluremi Tinubu,N500 million; Bauchi and Niger states, N250 million each, while the people of Southern Borno donated N200 million.
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Dahiru Mangal; Atiku Abubakar; Rep. Mukhtar Betara; Ali Modu Sheriff; House of Representatives, Abdulsalam Kachala, and JAIZ Bank states comprising Kebbi, Yobe, Kano, Taraba, katsina, Kaduna and Zamfara gave N100 each.
The Director General of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA; Buba Marwa and Matrix Energy donated 10 trucks of fertiliser and foodstuff worth over N120 million each.
Those who gave N50 million include Adamawa State; Mr Peter Obi; Rabiu kwakwanso; Ahmed Lawan; Mohammad Maifata; Ibrahim Umar; Mohammad Imam; Ali Dalori; Bauchi APC chapter, Sen. Tahir Monguno, and Sen. Kaka Kaka Shehu and 18th Engineering Company, while the State Assembly donated N60 million.
Nasarawa State government also presented six trucks of rice, spaghetti and sugar.
Many other people donated between N1 million and N30 million respectively.
Source: NAN
