Abbas Distributes Palliatives to 26,619 People in Zaria
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has distributed palliatives to 26,619 people in Zaria Federal Constituency of Kaduna State.
The speaker in a statement issued yesterday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Musa Krishi, said the second phase of palliatives distribution commenced over the weekend.
Abbas said that this brings the total number of beneficiaries for the speaker’s palliatives programme between September and now to 41,619.
The speaker had in September, while marking his 100 days in office, distributed bags of rice to 15,000 of his constituents, under the phase 1 of his palliatives programme to ease the difficulties caused by the removal of fuel subsidy.
The breakdown of the beneficiaries showed that a total of 2,105 primary school teachers and 1,715 of their counterparts in secondary schools in Zaria Federal Constituency would benefit from the programme.
The speaker noted that 301 village heads within the federal constituency were among the beneficiaries of the phase 2 of the Speaker’s palliatives distribution.
Abbas added that 12,000 persons from groups that comprised Qur’an reciters, merchants, Al-Raihan Du’a Forum, Ina Mafita, Naka Sai Naka, motorcycle mechanics, mobile phone dealers, car wash operators, vulcanizers, forums of football coaches, Okada riders, tricycle operators, Taskira, Arewa Youth, Youth Ambassadors, people living with disabilities, orphans, women groups, among many others, were selected to benefit.
He noted that there were also 8,592 religious leaders such as imams and their deputies as well as Muazzins (those that call to prayers) and their deputies from sects such as Izala, Darika and Salafiya.
The Speaker stressed that a total of 265 persons across 53 churches as well as 200 bishops, officials of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Sarkin Wusasa, among others, also benefited.
Also, 363 Islamic schools and 238 Qur’anic boarding schools teachers with 200 volunteers from Izala, Darika and Hisba were among the beneficiaries, the statement said.
