The Chairman of BUA Group, Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu, has announced the donation of N2 billion to flood victims in Maiduguri and Jere in Borno State.
The Executive Director of the group, Kabiru Rabiu, who represented the chairman on a sympathy visit to Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, in Maiduguri, said the N2bn donation in cash and food items.
“Your Excellency, Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu has sent a token of N1billion in cash and N1billion in food items. In addition to that, he is donating five trucks of 900 bags of rice, five trucks of 900 bags of bags of flour and five trucks of 4500 cartons of spaghetti.
“Your Excellency, a lot of properties and lives have been lost to this disaster. We pray to God to have mercy on those who lost their lives and their family the fortitude to bear the loss,” he said.
Responding, Governor Zulum appreciated the business mangul for sympathizing with the state during the difficult time and the huge amount donated to cushion the effect of the disaster. He also promised to utilize the money judiciously.
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