The Kano State Government on Monday flagged off the distribution of 52,000 bags of rice and 52,000 bags of Maize Palliative to the most vulnerable persons across the 44 local government areas in the State.
Speaking while flagging off the distribution, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf warned the Distribution Committee members against benefiting from the food items.
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He said the items are specifically for some identified persons as such committee members, Journalists, security agents and Civil Servants are not part of palliatives.
He said the palliatives would not only help in cautioning the effect of subsidy removal but would go a long way in alleviating the sufferings of the masses occasioned by subsidy removal.
Governor Yusuf said that there is no way those who are seemingly elites in the state would join in benefiting from the Palliatives.
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He explained that this is the second time the items are distributed to selected vulnerable groups for 484 wards across the 44 LGAs in the State.
He said the committee, comprising of community and religious leaders amongst others, was set up not only to oversee the distribution but also to ensure that the items reached the targeted groups.
“Each ward will receive 400 bags of 10 kg of rice free with 991,000 bags of maize, Tsangaya and Islamiyya schools and Tory homes, persons with special needs, junior Civil Servants, widows and orphans will benefit,” he said.
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He said his government would soon commence the empowerment programs of 5,000, women, youth and persons with special needs to be done on a monthly basis, saying they would now float Kano with Amana Buses and Taxis, which will be given to youths.
In his remarks, the Chairman Palliative Compliance Committee and the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi said because of passionate and goodwill of the Governor he added 99 Truck of Rice against the 50 send by the Federal Government in addition to procuring 72 additional trucks of maize against the 11 send by the Federal Government for the distribution to the poorest of the poor.
