The Government of Jigawa State has revealed its desire to make the upcoming Muslim Month of Fasting a memorable one for its citizens through it’s feeding program.
This was revealed by Governor Umar Namadi at the flag off of distribution of palliatives to residents of Dutse, Jigawa where he revealed that the state had set a target of feeding 5,157,000 people throughout the period of Ramadan.
According to him, the state had set-up two centres in each electoral ward for the programme, adding that each centre was expected to feed at least 300 people daily, making a total of 171,900 per day in 573 centres.
He further reiterated that the initiative was beyond feeding ordinary people at the public centres, and that thousands of households were also being captured in the feeding programme.
The idea of the feeding programme was borne out of their willingness to help the needy during the fasting period, he disclosed.
Also, he promised to facilitate another set of palliatives promised by President Bola Tinibu to citizens of Jigawa.
He further reassured the citizens of his administration’s commitment to catering for them, especially with the economic situation of the country.
Speaking on their plans for the citizens, the state Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwalu Sankara, said a total of 150,000 bags of 25kg of rice, 150,000 bags of 25kg of maize and 100,000 cartoons of spaghetti would be distributed to 150,000 households.
“The state government had made provisions for 700,000 beneficiaries across the 27 Local Government Areas of the state with five people expected to benefit from each household,” Sankara stated.