Kano Bars Appointees From Receiving Palliatives

Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has issued a directive that no political appointee or member of the Palliative Compliance Committees is entitled to the palliatives being distributed in the state.

The governor issued the warning while flagging off the second phase of palliatives distribution in the state yesterday in Kano.

He said the palliatives were meant for the poor and vulnerable in the state, adding that apart from those benefitting at the ward levels, special groups had also been selected.

These groups, he said, include widows, orphans, Almajiri Schools and  widows and orphans of Army, Air Force, Navy, Police, NSCDC, Peace Corps, vigilantes as well as the correctional centre officers.

Although the government did not mention how much had been spent on the palliatives, the governor announced that 52,000 bags of 10kg rice and 52,000 bags of 10kg maize were to be distributed across the 484 wards in the state.

More so, each of the wards in the 44 local government areas of the state will get 400 bags of the food items accordingly.

“I would like to appeal to the beneficiaries to judiciously utilize what they have got. I want to assure you all that more is coming as the government is planning an empowerment programme for women and youths in the state,” he stated.

Earlier, the secretary to the state government and chairman of the State Palliative Committee, Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, said the state received five trailer loads of rice and 11 truckloads of maize from the federal government to which the state government added 99 truckloads of rice and 72 truckloads of maize.