Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima has flagged-off food distribution in five local government areas of the state.
The food items were donated by the Federal Government to cushion the effect of the Boko Haram insurgency.
The Governor also used the opportunity to inspect various ongoing projects in the health and education sectors in the local government areas.
Governor Kashim also visited troops of the the Multi national joint task force in Baga, who are fighting the Boko Haram insurgents around the Lake Chad general area.
Addressing the displaced persons in Baga, governor Shettima assured them of government efforts towards ending the Boko Haram crisis and promise to ensure that, their wellfare remained paramount in his administration’s goal.
Shettima also urged the internally displaced persons to continue to pray for the state and northeast in general, stressing that, “prayer is the weapon that can help our gallant soldiers to have total victory over the insurgents.”
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