Babagana Zulum
Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has donated ₦10,000 each to 5,000 families of Nigerian refugees in Chad.
The governor travelled to Chad on Tuesday through the Nigerian side of the Lake Chad to meet Borno citizens taking refuge at Darsalam refugee camp in Baga Sola, a border community in the Republic of Chad.
Zulum, on arriving Baga Sola in company of the Nigerian Ambassador to Chad and the Chadian Ambassador to Nigeria, was received by the Chadian Governor of Lake Province, Fadul Tijjani.
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He said joint efforts between his administration, federal establishments and the UNHCR were being made to repatriate the refugees to safe resettlements in Borno.
Eko Hot Blog recalls that the Borno State government had sought support from the UNHCR to facilitate the return of the Nigerians seeking refuge in the neighbouring Chad.
The governor, while in Baga Sola, supervised the distribution of ₦50m cash to 5,000 families, with each family receiving ₦10,000 cash.
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