*Shares N76m cash, food to 15,327 persons
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum, on Saturday, began the Ramadan fast in his hometown, Mafa, in Borno State, where he spent Friday night and began the spiritual exercise, from early Saturday.
Mafa is headquarter of Mafa Local Government Area in the central part of the state.
The governor also supervised the distribution of cash, food and non-food items to 15,327 persons made up of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other vulnerable citizens.
Spokesman to Borno Governor, Isa Gusau, also disclosed that beneficiaries combined include 9,313 females and 6,014 males, saying that each of them received N5,000, totaling N76,635,000:00.
He added that apart from the cash, each man got 50kg of rice and five yards of Shadda while each woman received a wrapper and 10kg of sugar.
Meanwhile, Zulum has  inspected facilities at the General Hospital, Mafa and interacted with health workers.
The governor also visited the hospital’s laboratory, theatre room and staff quarters.
At  the end of his assessments, Zulum directed the Principal Medical Officer of the hospital to immediately submit details of some of their requirements for sustained healthcare delivery.
