Kano releases N120million for Ramadan feeding
National NewsAug 29, 2009
By AbdulSalam Muhammad
Kano – In line with the annual Ramadan feeding instituted by Shekarau administration 6 years ago, the state Government has released N120million to Zakkah and Hubusi Commission to facilitate this year feeding exercise across the state.
A commissioner with the Zakkah and Hubusi Commission, Alhaji Sa’idu Muhammad Koki told newsmen in Kano that under the arrangement no fewer than 40.000 people will enjoy the free feeding gesture daily.
The Commissioner stated that the Zakkah and Hubusi Commission has created 50 designated centres for effective coverage on target audience, adding that each centres also has 50 ad-hoc supporting staff.

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Alhaji Sa’idu Muhammad Koki explains that the ad hoc staffs were made up of members of security personnel, food scientist, and civil servants employed to see to the smooth exercise, pointing out that the Commission paid them stipend in appreciation of their services.
Alhaji Sa’idu Muhammad Koki said that the Commission arranged varieties of food in a pack as take away and distributed to the needy in each of the centres, maintaining that officials are mandated to taste the varieties to ensure quality.
‘We have mandated our officials to take home the pack and taste in order to ascertain the quality of the food we are giving out to our people all in a bid that we get value for our money”, Sa’idu Koki explains.
The Commissioner said that the Zakkah and Hubusi Commission meet daily to review the exercise all with the view of ensuring prompt action wherever the need arises.
He revealed that the Commission has not encountered hitch during the ongoing exercise, maintaining that the members are working tirelessly to ensure the success of the programme.
He therefore called on the public and the target audience to give maximum cooperation to sustain the tempo while the exercise last.

Today's national wealth solution to tommorows poverty. Instead of teaching the people, and creating a conducive environment for them to be able to fend for themselves, they are been fed as if they are dogs. ALMAJIRI system has been elevated to official level!. “Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, but teach him how to fish, then you feed him forever”, so says a Chinese adage.


Instead of carting away the money meant for improving the lives of the people and then turning around to give them hand-outs, Nigerian rulers should try and provide education and vocational training for agberos, alayes, Almajiris and save the nation the horror of the quarterly slaughterings that go on up North, perpetrated by their leaders with these Almajiris as their devilish instruments.
I suppose Gov. Shekarau who introduced this practice believes he is doing a pious work. I will rather tell him that this public act of piety does nothing in disguising the criminal activities of these leaders against their people. They have messed up their people so much and reduced them to mere beggars, while the few priviledged ones among them live like Arabian kings and princes. It is a shame!

okay, this is crazy.

I guess the whole states should start releasing feeding money to its citizenry during festivals like oro, okonko, arugungu, christmas, ikeji, eyo etc .

How will they share this food and who will be sharing it?. I bet you, they won't spend up to 10million in this exercise. EFCC has been fooled once again.

‘We have mandated our officials to take home the pack and taste in order to ascertain the quality of the food we are giving out to our people all in a bid that we get value for our money”

Nigerians have a way of disgracing themselves.

Expatriate Food scientists for the exercise


F. Kayode[ embezzlement guru and EFCC chef]


Nduka Obaigbena[food tester]

asha 80:

Nigerians have a way of disgracing themselves.

I tell you.

I said it! To those who continue to claim that not until the expatriate "messiahs" return will things get better in naija,una see wetin una messiahs dey do?. See how these men go take chop their piece of the Nigerian national Cake. KAI!!!

Why is the state feeding the people after Ramadan? What about the Christians and pagans in their midst?

Igbanibo:

Why is the state feeding the people after Ramadan?  What about the Christians and pagans in their midst?

Welcome to Nigeria.

Dont you know ramadan is a feast period and fasting period

Pls, we would like our 13% of any allocation given to the almajiris, as it is obviously funded by our natural resources.

Whats the big deal Ramadan is for muslims the north state Kano is islamic - they have sharia Law
thats their business if they want to release money.

When its Christmas time, all the states in the South can Releases N120million for Christmas/Easter - i see no wrong in it.

Mind you these almarijis probably dont look forward to anything besides Ramadan because thats when its fastin and guaranteed eating time. They can have it cause their leaders dont give them shit for the rest of the year.

If it were in the south and Delta,Ondo or Abia gave N120million[$800k] to churches/cathedrals for christmas- all of you would probably say its being Christ like.

Leave the north alone focus on the south your own state, like Lagos does, they are progressing and could care less whether Kano gives out its own States money

Is it possible for this sjeezFool to retire from the politics section?

Aloy~Emeka:

Is it possible for this sjeezFool to retire from the politics section?

LOL FUNNY

Leave them to Ramadan they have different law in the north. You dont want them regulating how south governments spend money do you? NO

Post the story but no need to criticize their religious beliefs - if you want money for Christmas go to your government in Owerri, Anambra state and ask for money for gifts. OK lmfao

Getting mad because i told you to mind your DAMN business, they dont care what we do in the south, so we shouldn't care what they do in the north. MIND YOUR DAMN BUSINESS

MODERATOR SHOULD MOVE THIS TO RELIGION SECTION

Good news!

Its better to give people fish than to teach them how to fish.

sjeezy8:

LOL FUNNY

Leave them to Ramadan they have different law in the north. You dont want them regulating how south governments spend money do you? NO

Post the story but no need to criticize their religious beliefs - if you want money for Christmas go to your government in Owerri, Anambra state and ask for money for gifts. OK lmfao

Getting mad because i told you to mind your DAMN business, they dont care what we do in the south, so we shouldn't care what they do in the north.  MIND YOUR DAMN BUSINESS

MODERATOR SHOULD MOVE THIS TO RELIGION SECTION

You must be a foll to believe that line. Are we not in the same Nigeria?. Is amajiri only the problem of northerners or does it concern every Nigeria citizen?