10th April, 2021

Gombe Governor Flags-off Statewide Distribution of Palliatives to Poor, Vulnerable Families

...Targets over 60, 000 Households Across Gombe State

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya says his administration will continue to champion policies that give citizens in the State the opportunity to have access to good governance through the provision of life supporting interventions especially in times of need.

Governor Inuwa Yahaya stated this at the flag-off ceremony of phase two of the Statewide distribution of palliatives to poor and vulnerable households in Dukku Local Government Area of the State.

The Governor said the distribution of the relief materials is a tradition of his administration aimed at addressing the hardships faced by the people during the current covid-19 Pandemic and also individuals affected by flood disaster and the over 2000 victims of the recent Billiri crisis.

He said the State Government under his leadership had before the flag-off of the phase ll of the Statewide distribution of palliatives, expended the sum of 775 million on the procurement and distribution of palliatives to the people of the State to cushion their sufferings.

Governor Inuwa Yahaya who reiterated his administration's commitment to the welfare and wellbeing of the people, said his Government will continue to work within available resources to address the needs and concerns of the people to which he swore to serve irrespective of social, religious or political affiliations.

He said to ensure justice and fairness in the distribution of the palliatives, his administration has put machinery in motion so that the materials get to the intended beneficiaries at the local, ward and polling unit levels.

The Governor revealed that in the year 2020, his administration was able to reach out to over 65 thousand poor and vulnerable households across the State with not less than 6 persons in each of the targeted households, adding that the phase ll of the distribution exercise also targets same number.

He said his administration will always insist on meeting the yearnings and aspirations of the people and not stay aloof and watch materials meant for the citizens being siphoned by the previledge in the society.

"My administration is for the masses and we are here to work and better their lives. We shall also come up with realistic plans that can boost their economic status so that they can in turn help the government and those still struggling at the rungs of the ladder".

On some of the request made by the Chairman of Dukku Local Government Area, the Governor said his administration is not unmindful of water scarcity in the area hence his collaboration with the Federal Government's PWASH programme and the resuscitation of RUWASSA by his government to address the challenges of water in Dukku, Kwami, Furnakaye and Balanga Local Governments of the State which he observed are the worst hit areas.

He expressed the hope that with these interventions by his administration, the challenges of water scarcity will in no distant time be a thing of the past in the worst hit Local Government Areas of the State.

The Governor equally assured the people of Dukku Local Government Area of his administration's commitment to ensure that the Wawa-Zange grazing reserve is pursued to its logical conclusion for the benefit of the people of the State, saying a road to link Gombe Abba to Alkaleri in Bauchi State will also be constructed to create easy access.

"Let me assure the people of Gombe that the State Government under my leadership will ensure that every locality gets road network, schools, water and health care facilities. All we seek is the cooperation and understanding of the people".

Earlier speaking the chairman, Gombe State Palliative Distribution Committee, Dr. Manassah Daniel Jatau said to ensure equity, justice and fairness in the exercise, the State Government under the leadership of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya constituted his committee which subsequently birthed the local, ward and polling unit committees.

These committees as explained by Dr. Daniel Jatau, who is also the State Deputy Governor of the state, were so constituted to ensure that the relief materials get to the intended beneficiaries without any form of diversion.

He said each of the beneficiaries will go home with 10kg of rice, 2kg of sugar and one carton of either indomie or spaghetti, saying this same package is to be given to each beneficiaries across the State.

The Chairman, Dukku Local Government Council, Jamilu Ahmed Shabewa appreciated Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for not only choosing Dukku for the symbolic exercise, but his compassion for the poor and vulnerable in the society as well as passion towards repositioning the State to be a beacon in the north East.

Emir of Dukku, Alhaji Haruna Abdulkadir Rashid II said the flag-off of the phase ll of the Statewide distribution of palliatives to the poor and vulnerable households in the State is not only timely, but an indication that Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya is a leader that has the people at heart.

He called on the people not to relent in supporting the policies and programmes of the Inuwa Yahaya- led administration for the good of the Dukku Local Government Area and by extension the entire state.

Ismaila Uba Misilli
Director-General
( Press Affairs)
Government House
Gombe

i foresee APC zombies calling this an achievement. the vulture guy will start masturbating on this. let's gather tissues & soap for our darling zombie

Wonderful


May your heart desires be granted as you whisper them into God’s ears today. Happy Sunday guys....

It's a good thing they're doing here, but the governor does not need to distribute the food by himself

Commendable, all the Northern Governor should be doing this every end of the month, they should use there security vote allowance to feed the poor since that can protect their lives and property from Hoodlums, falani and Boko Haram

When will oyo government emulate this, we plenty wey vulnerable for here oh.
Get the laptop on my profile for only 40k, sweet deal.

The wealthy ones should remember the poor ones.

Government should always make welfare of the citizens a priority.

Good

Same old hidden covid 19 palliatives....shame

Perhaps some of these food items have expired going by their shelve life.

If you really and genuinely want to lift the people out of poverty,stop giving them immediate gratification or what will not transform their lives, provide for them the avenues they will use in going to catch fish themselves but then again wetin Aboki Sabi

Buy slippers for them and they'll worship you

AdeOri99:
When will oyo government emulate this, we plenty wey vulnerable for here oh.
Get the laptop on my profile for only 40k, sweet deal.

APC member sighted.. Why did you hate seyi makinde with passion

Commendable

what of sanwoolu

Shameless fools


Look as dem dey call register before dem go give food because dey no who dem go give then the rest foods belong to them






Thief

alimiadedayo1:
APC member sighted.. Why did you hate seyi makinde with passion

lol, i don't have a party, i only point out what is needful.

That would be like distributing to almost the whole families in GOBE state. The state is in total mess with little or no igr and the Governor is extremely Wealthy & rich, they should just cut off his head jarey

Each Nigerian lawmaker salary. Daily;#1million Monthly;#30million.
Civil servant, Daily;#1k or less.It's not all state that pays #30k Monthly;#30 or less. They say they are serving us.

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Palliatives are great no doubt but they aren't permanent fixes to the growing poverty indexes and for how long can you sustain this programme?

Empower these prone individuals through provision of employment or creation of suitable environs for SME's to flourish...

Anyways half bread is better than none. Good work but it can be better.

That is what they know how to do. Create zombies.

To create zombie in the north is very easy.


Make them hungry and then feed them.

unity004:
i foresee APC zombies calling this an achievement. the vulture guy will start masturbating on this. let's gather tissues & soap for our darling zombie

Hahahahaha, you get it.

The man is creating his own zombie

unity004:
i foresee APC zombies calling this an achievement. the vulture guy will start masturbating on this. let's gather tissues & soap for our darling zombie

it could be covid 19 palliative

Mamijoh:
it could be covid 19 palliative

exactly

you said my mind

you right!

mrwonlasewonie:


If you really and genuinely want to lift the people out of poverty,stop giving them immediate gratification or what will not transform their lives, provide for them the avenues they will use in going to catch fish themselves but then again wetin Aboki Sabi

Buy slippers for them and they'll worship you

Mamijoh:
it could be covid 19 palliative

it's covid 19 palliative

fasho01:
Commendable

what is commendable about this rubbish?

He has not solved the poverty and unemployment problems.he has only given them food that would last them a couple of hours or days

He should give them something that will put food on their table long after he's gone.that is legacy.lets stop celebrating and praising mediocrity

This is not about APC,PDP and all that rubbish.we all know they're friends behind closed does and audio enemies outside.afterall their children marry each other.if you choose to be decived, not everyone does

We understand that not everyone will be a graduate in Nigeria or go to school. the world has moved past that.ok you that you're a tailor, come and take sewing machine

You that you're a driver come and take a car

You that you operate a buisness centre come and take generator

That's what we call empowerment and lifting people out of poverty so we will have less nuisances, bokoharam, insurgents, militants or cultists

But we all know that you like your people inbt chains of ignorance and poverty so that you can see riffrafs to use during electoral violence