The former Governor of Zamfara, Abdul’aziz Yari, has said 172 trucks of assorted food items would be distributed to his supporters and the less privileged ahead of the 2022 Ramadan fast.Flagging off the distribution in Gusau on Thursday, Yari represented by Sen. Kabiru Marafa, said the item were provided considering the current high cost in prices of food items in the country.
The items which comprise 50 bags of rice, 50 bags of maize, 50 bags of millet and 22 bags of sugar are for orphans, widows, people with special needs, internally displaced persons and others.“Out of the items, 105 trucks are for supporters across the 147 wards in the 14 local government areas of the state while 15 trucks are to be distributed to orphans and 47 trucks for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the state.“The remaining five trucks would be distributed to Islamic scholars and other religious leaders,”Yari explained.He said that the distribution of 47 trucks for IDPs would be carried out by Zamfara Circle, a popular Civil Society Organization (CSO) in the state.He said that an 11-man committee had been constituted to monitor the distribution of the items.The former governor also called on people of the state to use the Ramadan period to prayer for solutions to the issue of insecurity facing the state and country in general.Earlier, the State Chairman of Yari Political Group, Alhaji Lawal Liman, commended the former governor for the gesture and assured that the items would reach all the beneficiaries.
(NAN)