Kano Distributes Food Items to 193, 600 Households

Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano

The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has flagged off the distribution of 52,000 bags of maize and 52,000 bags of rice to 193, 600 households across the 484 political wards across the state.

Speaking during the event at the Government House in Kano yesterday, Governor Yusuf warned that the palliatives were targeted to assist the poor of the poorest.

Yusuf warned that there is no way those who are seemingly contented would be added to the list of beneficiaries.

He emphasised that no government official, civil servant, politician, security officer, or journalist should benefit from the palliative programme of the state government.

According to him, “This is the second time assorted food items were distributed to selected vulnerable groups drawn from 484 wards across the 44 LGAs in the state.

“These palliatives would not only help in cautioning the effect of subsidy removal but would go a long way in alleviating the sufferings of the masses occasioned by subsidy removal.”

He, however, said three committees, comprising community and religious leaders among others, have been set up to oversee the distribution, but also to ensure that the items reach the targeted groups.

The governor said: “Each ward will receive 400 bags of 10 kg of rice with 991,000 bags of maize for Tsangaya and Islamiyya schools and Tory homes, persons with special needs, junior civil servants, widows, and orphans will benefit.”

He said his government would soon commence the empowerment programmes of 5,000 women, youths, and persons with special needs to be done every month, adding they would now float Kano with Amana buses and taxis, which will be given to youths.

In his remarks, the Chairman, of the Palliative Compliance Committee and the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, said because of the passion and goodwill of the governor, he added 99 trucks of rice against the 50 sent by the federal government.

He disclosed that the state government also procured 72 additional trucks of maize as against the 11 sent federal government for distribution.