Lawmakers of the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, donated N74m to support the victims of the devastating flood that ravaged Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
The Deputy President of the Senate, Jibrin Barau, disclosed this on behalf of the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, when he led some senators to Maiduguri.
The Special Adviser to the Deputy President of the Senate on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir in a statement said that each of the 108 senators would donate N500,000, totalling N54 million.
He added that the Deputy Senate announced a personal donation of N10m to the funds.
The statement said, “The Northern Senators Forum also donated N10m making it a total of N74m.”
According to the statement, the senators were received by Babagana Zulum of Borno.
Mr Barau commiserated with the government and people of Borno over the incident.
“Your Excellency, we are here to register our condolences and commiserate with you and the entire state over the ugly flood incident in this beautiful Borno last week.
“Whatever touches Borno has touched the entire country.
‘This is why I’m here with some of my colleagues, even though the President of the Senate was here yesterday (Monday) representing the Senate as a whole.
“But it’s our tradition, normally in an occurrence such as this, even if the father or a leader came to register his condolences, that doesn’t stop those that are under him to go individually or collectively and commiserate with the victims,” Barau said.
He also prayed that Allah SWT quicken the recovery of the injured persons and make those who lost their valuables regain them as soon as possible.
