Kebbi plans free feeding during Ramadan
Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has pledged to identify one mosque in every local government area of the state for free feeding during Ramadan.
Idris pledged when he received the people of Arewa and Dandi Local Governments who paid him a visit on the victory of the All Progressives Congress in the just concluded re-run election held in the two LGs.
The Arewa/Dandi Federal Constituency was one of the constituencies where the re-run election took place on Saturday, February 3, where the APC reclaimed the seat with a slight margin.
The governor’s pledge was contained in a statement signed by his media aide, Ahmed Idris, and made available to newsmen on Monday.
The statement read, “Gov. Idris said the Ramadan feeding was meant to earn reward from God Almighty, in addition to satisfying the yearnings and aspirations of people especially the downtrodden persons in the society.
“He also promised not to appoint persons who were not useful to their community, saying, ‘Before we give anybody a position, we must find out what has he/she done to his people?’
“He added that the state government under his watch would not tolerate the imposition of candidates on the electorate, assuring that he would allow people to select candidates of their choice for smooth democratic governance.”
The media aide quoted the governor as reiterating the commitment of his administration to spreading developmental projects across the state, observing that the essence of democracy was to execute projects and empower the people.
“He promised to renovate the residence of District Heads by allocating money directly to the royal fathers to execute the projects themselves to their tests,” the statement added.
Earlier, Shikon Kamba, Mamuda Zarumai, who is also the District Head of the area and one of the APC chieftains, Hussani Kangiwa, attributed the victory of the party to a visit of both the Governor and his wife to the area.
While assuring the governor that they lacked words to qualify their happiness, they said they were in the Government House to show appreciation to the governor for his gigantic efforts which culminated in the victory of the party.
On his part, the elected member representing the Arewa/Dandi federal constituency, (retd.) Col. Garba Rabi’u-Kamba also thanked the governor and promised to ensure quality representation.
He appealed to members of his constituency to support all government policies and programmes at all levels to gain more dividends of democracy.
