Emergency rule: Yobe seeks special intervention fund

The Yobe Government has appealed to
the Federal Government to float an
intervention fund to cushion the effects of
the Boko Haram insurgency on affected
states.
The Special Adviser to the state Governor
on Media and Information, Alhaji
Abdullahi Bego, made the appeal in a chat
with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Damaturu on Sunday.
Bego said that while the Yobe
government was totally in support of the
declaration of emergency in the state, it
would also like the Federal Government
to set up a fund to assist people affected
by the insurgency.
He said that the state government had
been cooperating and providing logistics
to the Joint Task Force (JTF), tackling the
security problems.
"We have provided more than 200
vehicles to the JTF in addition to paying
allowances to the operatives.''
He said the state had spent about four
billion naira since the insurgency started,
describing the insurgency as a big drain on
the meagre resources of the state.
The special adviser also appealed to the
Federal Government to provide modern
equipment to the security agencies,
praising the troops for sticking to rules of
engagement.
Source: the nation