PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved N108 billion for the 36 states of the federation to tackle flooding and other natural disaster.
This was disclosed on Wednesday by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the State House in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Receiving the Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker Abbas Tajudeen, the Vice President described the situation in Maiduguri as a “national calamity”.
“The President has shown his zeal, willingness and commitment to partner with the states towards addressing these issues,” Shettima said.
“Recently, he approved the release of N3 billion to each state of the federation to address some of these challenges so that all parts of the federation should have buy-in and belonging.”