By Omagha Idam
The Presidential candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election, Senator Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has expressed sympathy with Borno state government over the recent tragic flood that ravaged the state.
Senator Kwankwaso who was in Maiduguri to empathize with Government and people of Borno presented a check of N50 million to Governor Babagana Umara Zulum to provide succour to the victims.
The devastating flood, which resulted from the collapse of the Alau Dam after a heavy down pour recently has been described as the worst in 30 years, affecting over a million people and displacing hundreds of thousands.
The leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement described the disaster as one too many as he prayed for the repose of several lives lost.
It could be recalled that the NNPP National leader, was described as one of the major comforter of the people of Borno during the boko haram insurgency. Kwankwaso, then a governor of Kano state between 2011 and 2015 had sponsored 100 Borno orphans and relocated them to Kano for schooling and rehabilitation.
During the visit, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was accompanied by Engr. Buba Galadima and Dr. Ajuji Ahmed, the NNPP BoT Secretary and the Nation Chairman of the party and his predecessor Hon. Abba Kawu Ali respectively.
In his response, Borno state Governor Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum appreciated the kind gesture of the former Kano state Governor and 2023 Presidential candidate of the NNPP.