The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Director -General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh on Tuesday donated relief items, COVID-19 Personal Protection Equipments (PPEs) and other rapid testing kits worth millions of naira to Borno, Yobe and Gombe states.
Flagging off the handing over of the items for onward distribution to beneficiaries in Maiduguri, Governor Babagana Zulum thanked NIMASA for complimenting the efforts of the state government towards managing the 13 years of Boko Haram Insurgency.
Governor Zulum, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Professor Isa Hussaini recalled that, NIMASA had in the past sponsored quite a number of Borno students who are currently undergoing studies at various institutions of learning in India and Greece.
He added that the gesture was timely in view of the massive reconstruction, rehabilitation and resettlement of IDPs to their ancestral homes by the present administration.
“On behalf of the government and the people of Borno State, we commend the DG of NIMASA and his team for their unflinching support to our IDPs.
“This is not the first time NIMASA is supporting the present administration, it has since sponsored quite a number of Borno students who are currently undergoing studies at various institutions in India and Greece, we are very grateful indeed.” Zulum said.
The govenror further promised that the items donated would be distributed judiciously to the beneficiaries.
While introducing the NIMASA team, the State Commissioner of Intergovernmental Affairs and Special Duties, Engr Kabir Wanori, acknowledged the cordial working relationship that exists between his ministry and NIMASA, which has brought more development in the state.
In his address, the Director General of NIMASA, Bashir Jamoh, who was represented by the Executive Director Operations of the Agency, Shehu Ahmed, said: “We are here to witness the flag off and handing over of multi million naira SME, relief materials donated by NIMASA to Borno, Yobe and Gombe states”.
“In Borno state, our DG has directed me to hand over some assorted numbers of grinding, sewing, vulcanizing, water surface and welding machines as part of SME interventions for our IDPs. Others include; Tricycles, motorcycles, generator sets, hair dressing/ clippers and accessories.
“We are also handing over bags of rice, sugar, maize, millet, beans, cartons of maggi, spaghetti and other condiments as relief items.
“Others include COVId-19 PPEs and Rapid Test Kits, detergents, mosquito nets for our health workers and teaching materials such as desk top HP computers, textbooks, white/green Boards and many instructional materials to our primary and secondary schools across the state.
“I want to inform you that similar items are to be handed over to Governments of Yobe and Gombe state respectively.” Bashir said.
