By: Hamza Suleiman Maiduguri, Jan. 9, 2021 ECOWAS Commission, on Saturday, donated food items worth millions of Naira to displaced families in Borno, to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 pandemic and the humanitarian situation in the state. Handing over the items on behalf of the Commission, in Maiduguri, Alhaji Grema Ali, the Director, Humanitarian Affairs, Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, said that the gesture would help the most vulnerable households cope with the multiple crises, while safeguarding their livelihoods. Ali said that the donations included 3,000 bags of cereals, adding, “at least five trucks of such items were distributed in Borno, Bauchi, Yobe, Kogi Katsina and Zamfara states by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs on behalf of ECOWAS,” he said.