Kano State Government on Sunday denied budgeting N6bn for its Ramadan Feeding Program
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf refuted the claim in a post on his verified X handle on Sunday.
Governor Yusuf”s quick response followed the demand of accountability raised by the opposition All Progressives Congress APC Saturday. The APC Chairman, Prince Abdullahi Abbas had asked the state government to show proof of her N6 billion allocation on the feeding program the Governor himself had condemned for poorly handled by the committee.
The APC which described the entire feeding as organized fraud also accused the government of depending on Dangote and BUA palliatives having secure special allocation from the federal government to carry out same responsibility.
It could be recalled that the state government through the Commissioner for Information, Baba Halilu Dantiye said the government set aside N6bn, with a target of reaching four million people in the 2024 Ramadan feeding programme across the 44 local government areas of the state.
Only yesterday, the opposition party in the state, APC had asked the state government to come out clean on the N6bn set aside for the Ramadan feeding program which the governor himself described the quality of food being distributed as nonsense.
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Gov. Yusuf wrote, ’’Over the past few days, I’ve observed heightened media speculations about our government purportedly budgeting the sum of six billion naira for the Ramadan Feeding Programme
‘’I wish to categorically state that the actual amount for the program is the sum of one billion one hundred and ninety seven million seven hundred thousand naira, for the whole month.’’
‘’I also counsel the media to ensure that they get their figures regarding our projects from the proper sources without giving credence to speculative figures. – AKY’’