President Bola Tinubu has ordered Vice President Kashim Shettima to immediately visit Maiduguri, Borno State, as a result of the severe flooding which has overtaken the city.
The visit was made known by the Vice President while speaking on Tuesday at the 17th Annual Banking and Finance Conference (CIBN), which was centred around the theme “Accelerated Economic Growth and Development: Current Status and Future Directions.”
Shettima said, based on the consent of the President, he would travel to Maiduguri immediately after leaving the meeting as the whole city has been overtaken by flood.
”After this meeting with the consent of the President, I will rush to Maiduguri. The whole city has been overtaken by flood.
“It is not peculiar to one part of the country. We are facing this challenges right from Bayelsa to Sokoto.
“Be rest assured that the President has the nation at heart and will do whatever it takes to salvage the state of affairs,”
“I want to use this forum to commiserate with the people of our great nation over the flood disasters we are recording all across the length and breath of this nation,” Shettima said.
