Ramadan: Zulum gives N255m, food to civilian JTF, hunters

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has disbursed N255,650,000 cash and 5,513 bags of rice to members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) and hunters fighting Boko Haram insurgents alongside the security forces.

About 5,523 members of the civilian JTF and hunters operating within Maiduguri and Jere benefitted from the governor’s gesture.

Each of the 4,513 who received monthly pay from the government was given a bag of 50kg rice and N50,000 cash while 1,000 volunteers each got a bag of 50kg rice and N30,000 cash.

Governor Zulum expressed gratitude to the volunteers for the sacrifices they have been making to ensure that peace is restored to the state.

The Borno State chairman of the civilian JTF, Ba’Lawan Jafar, assured that they would not rest until lasting peace is returned to the state and the North East region.