Nigeria, June 25 -- The Borno State government has started vetting the spending of donor funds by non-governmental organisations working in the state, an official said.

Borno, a state plagued for 11 years by the Boko Haram insurgency, hosts many humanitarian organisations in Nigeria.

There are 172 nongovernmental (NGOs) nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), as well as the civil society organisations and communication-based organisations currently providing humanitarian services in the state.

Mairo Mandara, the special adviser on sustainable development to Borno governor, Babagana Zulum, said this during a press conference in Maiduguri on Wednesday.

Mrs Mandara said the state government had taken steps to ensure sanity in the operation...