The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre has donated 140,468 bags of food assistance to displaced victims of Boko Haram in Borno and Yobe states. Mustapha Maihaja disclosed that 125,317 baskets of food items will be distributed by the Center to 33,343 Households in designed camps and communities in Borno state for the next four months. Maihaja commended the effort of Minister of Defence Retired Brigadier General Mansur Dan Ali who facilitated food assistance to the northeast. Each household of six persons will get a food basket of 59.8kg for the period of one month. It will recall that early this year Saudi Arabia pledged to donate the sum of $10m for capacity building to NEMA and relief assistance to Federal Government in addressing the food crisis and resultant malnutrition caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in North East.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 06, 2018 16:41 UTC