- Safiu Kehinde
Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima has vowed 50 trucks of rice to flood victims in Maiduguri.
The VP visited Maiduguri on Tuesday to sympathise with the people of Borno over the Alau Dam flood disaster that displaced thousands of people.
Leading Federal Government delegation to the beleaguered city, Shettima was received on arrival by Gov. Babagana Zulum, who took him to the palace of the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar El-Kanemi, that 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.
A viral video on X saw the VP passing through the flood barefooted with his entourage.
Shettima told the distraught victims that government would support them with 50 trucks of rice.
He added that 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.
Shettima, a former governor of Borno state expressed his grievances over the disaster on arrival at Maiduguri yesterday.
He was sent to the capital city under the directive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to observe the degree of damaged done by the flood.