FIC Report (Jigawa State) – President Bola Tinubu has donated 12,000 bags of 25kg of rice to Jigawa resident as a Ramadan package.
Gov Umar Namadi of the state, disclosed this at the distribution of the largesse in Dutse on Monday.
Namadi said the state government also added 2,350 bags on top of the 12,000 bags for distribution across the 287 wards of the state.
He explained each of the 287 wards will receive 50 bags of the rice for onward distribution to vulnerable people, including elderly persons.
The governor charged the local government distribution committees to be viglant and proactive in reaching out to the intended beneficiaries.
In his remarks, the Commissioner of Humanitarian Affairs and Special Duties in the state, Mr Awwalu Sankara, commended the Tinubu for the gesture and urged the beneficiaries to make good use of the package.
Also, the Speaker, Jigawa State House of Assembly, Mr Haruna Aliyu, urges the beneficiaries to be ambassadors of the Renewed Hope Agenda by telling residents of the state about program and policies of the Federal Government.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mr Ahmad Garba, the APC Chairman in the state and Mr Yahaya Ahli, the APC Dutse Zone Chairman, lauded the president for the the gesture.
They urged the beneficiaries to continue to support the president and the APC in the state .
BASHIR D . GALADANCHI
HEAD CENTRE
FIC DUTSE,
JIGAWA STATE.
