The Federal Government Palliatives Committee for Kano State, under the chairmanship of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin, has assured of equitable distribution of the 23,644 – 25kg bags of rice allocated to the state by the Federal Government to the needy.
The committee, whose members are drawn from the All Progressives Congress (APC), New Nigerian People’s Party (NPPP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), and religious and traditional rulers, met at the National Assembly on Thursday to finalise the modalities for the commodity‘s distribution.
Responding to questions from journalists after the meeting, Senator Barau said the bipartisan committee has worked out detailed modalities for distributing the palliatives to prevent incidences of diversion and ensure that beneficiaries are the neediest members of the public.
Other members of the committee included the 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.
The committee also includes the Deputy Governor of Kano State, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, the Chairman of the NNPP in Kano State, Alhaji Hashimu Dungurawa, and Senator Rufai Sani Hanga (NNPP) of Kano Central Senatorial District.
Senator Barau said: “We just held a meeting regarding a committee set up by Mr President on distributing palliatives to the needy regarding Kano people.
„ You can see we have taken our time to create a modality that the palliatives will be taken to those needing them. The mandate Mr President has given us is to make the items to be distributed to the people. „
According to the committee, the rice would be distributed to all the wards in Kano State‘s 44 local government areas.
Senator Barau said the ward distribution committee would distribute rice to the most needy members in each ward.
„Beneficiaries shall be listed on a sheet of paper, and each shall be given a bag of rice (25kg) after such a person is identified through a valid means of identification such as a National Identity Card, Driver‘s license, Voter‘s card, or international passport.
„The list of all beneficiaries with their signatures shall be submitted to the local government committee for onward submission to the state committee.“
