Borno Federal lawmakers empowers 500 members of constituents with buses, freezers, sewing machines

Ahmed Mari Maiduguri

The Federal lawmaker representing Chibok, Damboa, and Gwoza at the National Assembly, Hon Ahmed Jaha has empowered about 500 women, youths, and the less privileged members of his constituency with buses, deep freezers, sewing machines, and ambulance buses for 4 general hospitals in the constituency.

While flagging off the distribution of the empowerment items at the Government House, Maiduguri on Saturday, Governor Babagana Zulum commended the efforts and support of House of Representatives Members representing Damboa, Chibok, and Gwoza Federal Constituency of Borno state.

He thanked the lawmaker for empowering the members of his constituency, saying that if all lawmakers would emulate Hon. Jaha the economy of the state, ravaged by insurgency, would be revived.

Governor Zulum said “With Senator Kashim Shettima, as Vice president more federal projects will be attracted to the state. We are going to join hands to reconstruct Maiduguri Damboa Road.

He urged the beneficiaries to put good use items given to them by the lawmaker and assured the people of Borno that they should expect more.

Earlier, the lawmaker, Hon. Ahmed Usman Jaha said “The empowerment items were donated to him by friends, and associates to support the empowerment project. The empowerment is the 14th in the serious of this empower projects of my first tenure and you should expect more in the second tenure.”

Hon Ahmed Jaha said “Today 13 people are going to benefit from buses, 360 Deep freezers, and 100 sewing machines, while 4 buses go to the General hospitals Damboa, Chibok Gwoza, and Ngoshe”, he added.

“The 360 Deep freezers were donated to me by the National Council of Women Society, 100 sewing machines donated by a friend and associates while the ambulances were donated to me by NIDC at N180 million, while the 13 buses were the buses we used for our 2023 campaigns “, Hon. Jaha added.

Highlights of the event include photographs, and presentation of keys to the beneficiaries of the vehicles, defreezers and sewing machines.