An international investment and holding company with diversified interests and investments in Africa, Middle East and Asia, TGI Group, has donated a lorry load of evaporated milk, pharmaceutical and agricultural products to the Borno State government in support of the humanitarian needs of internally displaced persons (IDP) in the state.
According to the Executive Chairman of Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Engineer Satomi Ahmad, there are sixty nine thousand widows and fifty four thousand orphans in the camps.
According to Engineer Ahmad, “SEMA is responsible for the coordination of humanitarian activities in the state. Prior to the crisis which was about to consume us, Borno State was the home of peace. We, however, thank God that lately things have improved tremendously. It will interest you to know that the human crisis we are managing here is the third largest in the world after Iraq and Syria. The level of destruction, the quantum and magnitude of displacement is inconceivable. Borno State alone accommodates 89 per cent of the Nigerian IDPs. It is the support of good samaritans like your organization that has partly been keeping us going.
Also speaking during the occasion, Mr Sadiq Kassim, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, who represented the Group Managing Director of TGI Limited, Mr Rahul Savara, said that the company is committed to reducing hunger and alleviating the suffering in the IDP camps and other indigent communities not only in the north-east but all over the country, stressing that, “in this period of economic hardship, this is our own little way of saying that we remember and care for them, to let them know that they are not alone and assure them of our continued support.”
“TGI group is committed to bringing succor to all IDP camps in north-Eastern Nigeria. We want to help reduce the suffering and pains of as many families affected by insecurity and violence in the north-east.
“We are here because our Group is interested in offering support to what the State government is doing to alleviate the pains of the victims of insurgency. We feel that whatever affects one part of the country affects the whole as well and we must empathizewith the State government and the people in particular”, Mr Kassim said.
TGI Group is the parent company of Chi Limited, Wacot Limited, Chi Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Chi Farms, CORMART, and many other companies in the country.
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