- Safiu Kehinde
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed his Vice, Kashim Shettima, to proceed to Maiduguri over flood disaster which hit Borno capital city on Tuesday.
As contained in a statement made available to NPO Reports, Shettima disclosed the President’s directive during the 17th Annual Banking and Finance Conference (CIBN) held in Abuja.
While stressing that the whole city has been overtaken by flood, Shettima noted that the situation is not peculiar to Borno state as it cuts across other Nigerian states among which include Bayelsa and Sokoto.
”After this meeting with the consent of the President, I will rush to Maiduguri. The whole city has been overtaken by flood.
“It is not peculiar to one part of the country. We are facing this challenges right from Bayelsa to Sokoto.” He said.
The Vice President, however, assured the nation of putting the sitauion under control.
“Be rest assured that the President has the nation at heart and will do whatever it takes to salvage the state of affairs,”
“I want to use this forum to commiserate with the people of our great nation over the flood disasters we are recording all across the length and breath of this nation,” Shettima added.