Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, today handed over N50million
cheques to the governors of Yobe, Adamawa and Borno state as part of the
Lagos state government's support towards the rebuilding of their states
after the various Boko Haram attacks. Ambode made the donation at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja, at a press conference he addressed in company
of the Govs of Adamawa, Senator Bindo Jibrilla; Borno, Alhaji Kashim
Shettima; and Yobe, Alhaji Ibrahim Geidam.
He commiserated with the state governments as well as the families of
those who either lost their loved ones or have been displaced from their
homes.
Responding on behalf of the states, Governor of Borno State, Kashim
Shettima thanked Ambode for the gesture and promised to channel the
money to people of the state who are in dire need of it.
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