Covid-19: Bauchi govt distributes palliatives to less privileged  in Warji LGA

Covid-19: Bauchi govt distributes palliatives to less privileged  in Warji LG

No less than 3500 units of assorted food items have been distributed to the most needy in warji local government area of bauchi state to cushion the hardship caused by corona virus pandemic on the citizens

Governor Bala Mohammed who performed the distribution exercise at Warji Local Government secretariat on Monday, said the gesture was meant to alleviate the biting hardship occasioned by the hike in food prices.

The Governor who was represented by his Deputy, Senator Baba Tela, disclosed that Warji is the eleventh local government to benefit from the gesture since the beginning of the distribution exercis

While handing over the food items to the District Head of Warji, Governor Mohammed said the items were not meant to wipe out the needs of the beneficiaries but it is a palliative  to alleviate their sufferings

“The Governor directed that I personally come here together with all the people that are involved in the distribution and distribute or hand over the palliatives to the most senior district head, that is the district head of warji local government who is the chairman palliative committee in the area”, he said

“So far, the Bauchi state government has distributed palliatives to ten local governments. in warji we are bringing 3500 units of relief materials to 3,500 households”, he added

He added that each unit of the palliative contains beans, rice, maize, maggi, sugar, macaroni, cooking oil, amongst others

The Governor who said that the government is distributing the palliatives to warji local government in the first instance, assured that more are coming along the way

“As we get more palliatives from donors such as coalition against covid-19 (cacovid) who has been in the forefront in sending relief materials to us and the federal government through the federal ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, we will continue to gage and continue to distribute palliative materials to the people of bauchi state as at when due”, he assured.

The governor urged those who might not benefit from the first round of the distribution to exercise patience pending when another round of distribution will take plac

He expressed confidence in the palliative distribution committee at the local government level, hoping that the materials will go down to the targeted persons that are the most needy in all nooks and crannies of Warji

Earlier speaking, the Chairman of the State covid-19 palliative distribution committee and Emir of Bauchi, Dr. Rilwanu Suleiman Adamu, commended the governor for working tirelessly to contain the spread of the pandemic in the state

Represented by a member of the committee, Senator Bala Kariya, the Emir said that the distribution of the palliatives is coming few days after the governor visited some communities in Warji to commiserate with victims of floo

He said that the idea behind handing over the palliatives to the traditional institution for onward distribution to the beneficiaries was due to the fact that they belong to all segments of the society regardless of their religious or tribal affiliation

He expressed optimism that the food items would be distributed equitably distributed .