Residents of Bauchi state have called for the provision of relief materials to vulnerable groups in the state to cushion the hardship resulting from COVID 19 partial lockdown.
Some of them who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday said the less privileged people were in dire need of assistance from both government and Non Governmental Organizations in the State.
Mrs Hasiya Ibrahim, a widow and mother of six children, told NAN that no palliatives either in form of food items or money, had reached her household.
She said that although the state was not completely locked down, she was still struggling to survive.
Also, Mr Aliyu Garba, a welder in Bauchi,said that he had not received any palliatives despite the continued sensitisation on social distancing.
“I tried to lock up my shop to observe the social distancing directives but nothing has reached me as a form of support, so I had to come out and continue my small business to take care of my family,”he said.
Some street beggars also told NAN that the it would be hard to observe the stay-at-home order over COVID-19 without palliatives from the state government.
Isa Inuwa and Baba Garba who were beggars, noted that palliatives were provided in some states, whereas they were given nothing in Bauchi.
On his part, official of the Muslim Coalition Group, Dr Abdulmajid Jamal, said Zhis organisation was focusing on generation of data to determine households that deserved palliatives during the lockdown.
Jamal, also a member of Monitoring, Evaluation and Implementation sub-committee of his organisation, said they intended distributing food stuff to over 100,000 households.
“The Muslim Coalition is generating data and also receiving donations from well-wishers in the state.(NAN)
