Borno aid worker urges support for widows, poor hit by insurgency

From Timothy Olanrewaju , Maiduguri
Maiduguri-based humanitarian worker, Alhaji Ali Tallafi, has called on individuals and organisations to increase support for widows and poor families whose livelihoods have been disrupted by insurgency in the Northeast.
Tallafi, who runs the Ali Tallafi Foundation, made the appeal yesterday in an interview with Daily Sun in Maiduguri.
He said the current economic hardship in the country, coupled with the loss of livelihoods caused by years of violence, had left vulnerable groups, particularly widows, facing severe difficulties.
“This is a critical period for most families, and it is more serious for the vulnerable, the poor and widows. The ins...