{"id":6125,"date":"2013-07-07T14:27:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T14:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/emergency-rule-yobe-seeks-special-intervention-fund\/"},"modified":"2013-07-07T14:27:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T14:27:16","slug":"emergency-rule-yobe-seeks-special-intervention-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/emergency-rule-yobe-seeks-special-intervention-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency rule: Yobe seeks special intervention fund"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

He said that the state government had been cooperating and providing logistics to the Joint Task Force (JTF), tackling the security problems.<\/p>\n

“We have provided more than 200 vehicles to the JTF in addition to paying allowances to the operatives.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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