By Gbenga Akingbule
A Member of the Federal House of Representatives from Borno State, Hon AbdulKadiri Rahis on Tuesday distributed food items worrth N70 Million to the most most populous federal constituency in Borno State.
Gatekeepers News reports the aim of the food aide according to Hon Rahis who represent Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) federal constituency is to cushion effect of the harsh economic situation in his constituency.
Hon Rahis made the disclosure during the distribution bags of rice to 794 constituents within Maiduguri, the state capital.
According to him , the need to continue assist constituents is a task he’s religiously committed to especially during the holy month of Ramadan noting the the ” food items will go a long way” in reducing hunger within MMC.
“It will provide relief to individuals during the current economic downturn, especially during the Ramadan fasting,” Rahis said.
He said the beneficiaries are the District Heads, Ward Heads, All Proceeds Congress (APC) executive members from the 15 wards under his constituency, as well as women and youth groups.
Speaking at the venue, Borno State Secretary of APC, Barrister Mustapha Loskuri, said it’s one out of many gestures extended to constituents by the lawmaker.
“Few months back, Hon Rahis had offered scholarship to hundreds of students, distributed laptop to best students and water pumps and generators to farmers to boost production in the state,” he said.
Also speaking, the MMC Ward Chairman of the APC, Alhaji Mohammed Waziri, warned the constituents against selling the palliatives given to them.
“These palliatives were given to you to alleviate the suffering faced by people in the society, extend similar help to neighbors and people around you. Don’t sell it please,” Waziri said.
