A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, YakubuDogara has distributed over 6,400 bags of food items worth millions of naira tothe vulnerable and less privileged persons in his constituency.
Hon. Aminu Tukur, the Chairman of the distribution committee, told newsmen on Saturday in Bauchi, that the items were meant to ameliorate the hardship associated with the coronavirus pandemic and Ramadan fast.
Tukur who listed the items to include, 3,200 bags of 10kg
rice, 3200 bags of 10kg maize flour, 600 cartons of spaghetti and 100 bags ofsugar noted that Muslims will get 60 percent of the commodities while 40percent is going to the Christian community of Dass, Tafawa Balewa and BogoroLGAs that made up the law maker’s constituency.Tukur said Dogara enjoined the 21 member committee to be
fair in the distribution of the palliatives by targeting the most vulnerable segmentsof the society.He said that the former speaker instructed that the Muslimcommunity in the 3 LGAs be given 60 percent of the food stuffs while theChristian community is to get 40 percent.
Tukur who said that the former Speaker was passionate aboutthe well-being of his people; noting that the distribution has been “a routinegesture from Yakubu Dogara.
He called on the representatives of the three localgovernments who received the items on behalf of the beneficiaries to ensureequitable distribution.
Responding on behalf of the three local governments, DrYakubu Yahaya, Ga’Allah Daniel and Ya’u Yusuf of Bogoro, Tafawa Balewa and Dassrespectively, thanked the speaker for the items, adding that the beneficiarieswill not forget the good gesture in their lives.
They prayed God to grant all the wishes of the formerspeaker, promising to ensure that the items reach to desired destination,adding that the beneficiaries will not forget the good gesture in their lives.
