Flooding: Swiss government donates €1.2 million to Borno
The Swiss Federation has donated €1.2 million to the Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Fund to provide much-needed support to the victims of the flood disaster in Borno.
The Swiss ambassador to Nigeria announced the donation, Nicolas Lang, who led a delegation of the Swiss Embassy on a sympathy visit to the government house in Maiduguri.
Nicolas Martin-Achard, the senior humanitarian adviser, and Florent Geel, the senior political adviser at the Swiss embassy, accompanied Mr Lang.
Mr Lang said Switzerland had supported the Borno Model in 2023 with about $700,000.
“This contribution has been fully implemented in due time and purpose. The Borno Model is a programme for the mass exit of armed Boko Haram insurgents and civilians trapped in the lines of conflict.
“These donations in 2023 and 2024 demonstrate Switzerland’s continued support and solidarity with the Borno state government and the people of Borno affected by the crises,” said Mr Lang.
Governor Babagana Zulum thanked Lang and his team for taking time out of their busy to pay the sympathy visit to Borno and the Swiss federal government for the generous donation to the affected flood victims.
Flood waters displaced more than one million people in and around Maiduguri, which serves as the hub for responding to the humanitarian crisis in the northeast, one of the worst floods.
Rapidly rising waters engulfed thousands of homes after a dam burst following a weekend of torrential rain.
(NAN)
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