By Kayode Araba
Thus, the Federal Government Palliatives Committee for Kano State under the chairmanship of the Deputy President of the Senate,Senator Barau I Jibrin assured equitable distribution of the 23,644 – 25kg bags of rice allocated to the state by the Federal Government to the needy in the state in respective of party affiliation.
However, the committee which has its membership drawn from the All Prograssives Congress (APC) New Nigerian People’s Party (NPPP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), religious and traditional rulers, met at the National Assembly on Thursday to finalize the modalities in which the distribution of the commodity will go.
There this was made known to journalists after the meeting, Senator Barau said the bipartisan committee has worked out detailed modalities for the distribution of the palliatives to prevent incidences of diversion and ensure that beneficiaries are actually the most needy members of the public.
In addition other present are Senator representing Kano South Senatorial District, Senator Kawu Sumaila (NNPP), Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, Hon Abdullahi T. Gwarzo, Minister of State (FCT), Dr Mariya Mahmud, Kano State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, All APC House of Representatives Members from Kano State and Hon Kabir Alhassan Rurum of the NNPP, Kano State Governorship Candidate of the APC in the 2023 general election, His Excellency Nasir Yusuf Gawuna, Director General of the National Productivity Centre (NPC), Hon. Baffa Babba Dan Agundi, Members of the Kano State House of Assembly and Hajiya Maryam Shettima Ibrahim.
Also in the committee are the Deputy Governor of Kano State, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, Chairman of NNPP in Kano State, Alhaji Hashimu Dungurawa, Senator Rufai Sani Hanga (NNPP) of Kano Central Senatorial District, among others.
