The Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin has officially flagged off the distribution of Federal Government rice palliatives to the northwest geopolitical zone.
The19 trucks of rice are to be distributed across Kano to various beneficiaries.
However,heading the presidential committee,p Senator Barau in Kano called on Nigerians to rally together in support of President Bola Tinubu to solve Nigeria’s problems.
According to him, president Tinubu became president in a very difficult period where the world is facing a lot of economic hardship and difficulties with Nigeria not an exemption.
The global economy is grossly affected by a lot of unfortunate events that include wars like the Ukraine versus Russia as well as the Israel/Palestine.
He disclosed that”We all know that from the begining of the begining, President Bola Tinubu started with economic challenges not peculiar to Nigeria but a worldwide incident.
He therefore stated that ” It is this situation that makes the president to found programs that will alleviate the difficulties brought about through the introduction of distribution of palliatives.
“However, the distribution faced some lapses that it had to be restructured in such a way that the distribution will reach those in the state grassroots.
He added that” This committee set up in Kano as been done in other states and that is why we are here to commence the distribution accordingly. We are taking these food items down to the grassroots so that it will reach those who actually need it”
After commending the president for this program and more, the Deputy Senate President also appealed to Nigerians to come together to support president Bola Tinubu in solving our problems.
“This is how it is done all over the world, people come together to solve their problems irrespective of their political, religious or geopolitical differences, Nigeria cannot be an exception” he stated.