The federal government has offered 50 trucks of rice as palliative to residents of Maiduguri in Borno, recently displaced by flooding from the Alau Dam.
The palliative was announced during a visit to the victims on Tuesday by Vice President Kashim Shettima to sympathise with the thousands of displaced persons.
Mr Kashim, who led a federal government delegation to the beleaguered city, was received on arrival by Governor Babagana Zulum, who took him to the palace of the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar El-Kanemi, which was also hit by the flood.
From the palace, the vice president drove to Bakassi camp where thousands of those displaced by the flood were taking refuge.
Mr Shettima told the distraught victims that the government would support them with 50 trucks of rice.
He added that the government would also collaborate with the North East Development Commission and other agencies to ensure they did not spend more than two weeks at the camp.
Recall that residents of Maiduguri on Tuesday woke up to devastating floods that swallowed many buildings and took over roads and bridges.
(NAN)
