From HASSAN JIRGI, Maiduguri
Swiss government has donated €1.2 million to the Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Fund to support victims of the September 10 flood disaster.
The donation was announced by the Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Nicolas Lang, who led a delegation of the Swiss Embassy on a sympathy visit to the Government House, Maiduguri on Wednesday.
Lang was accompanied by the Senior Humanitarian Advisor, Mr Nicolas Martin-Chard and the Senior Political Advisor at the Swiss Embassy, Mr Florent Geel.
Switzerland had previously supported the Borno Model in 2023 with about $700,000.
Borno Model is a programme for the mass exit of armed Boko Haram insurgents and civilians trapped in the line of conflict.
Responding, Governor Babagana Zulum thanked Ambassador Lang and his team for taking time out of their busy schedule to pay a sympathy visit to Borno State and the Swiss government for the generous donation to the affected flood victims.
“On behalf of the government and people of Borno, let me express our profound gratitude to the Swiss government for this generous donation,” he said.
