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Cheques Shortage Delays Flood Victims’ Payment
Alhaji Aliyu , the Chairman of Bauchi State Adamu Committee on the Distribution of Federal Government’s N400 million Fund to 2012 victims of flood, has said that the delay in the disbursement of the money was because of the shortage of cheques.
Adamu made the fact known in Bununu, headquarters of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, when he inaugurated the distribution of fund to victims in the area.
He said that the committee had experienced shortage of cheques by banks selected to carry out the exercise during the early stages of the exercise, adding that this had affected the quick disbursement of the fund.
Adamu said that N5.3 million would be distributed to more than 1,190 victims, who were affected by the 2012 flood disaster in the state.
He urged the victims to use the fund in agriculture-related activities to enable them to sustain themselves and reminded them that the fund was meant to reduce the hardship they faced.
The chairman gave an assurance that the exercise would be completed in the next three weeks.