Gombe accomodates over 60, 000 households in the distribution of second phase palliatives
Chima Azubuike, Gombe
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, on Saturday, said his administration is committed to alleviating suffering among the general populace.
Yahaya made this revealation, during the phase two of the Statewide distribution of palliatives to poor and vulnerable households in Dukku Local Government Area of the State.
He explained that the distribution of the relief materials would address the hardships faced by the people during the current covid-19 Pandemic and also individuals affected by flood disaster and the over 2,000 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.
Yahaya reiterated his administration’s commitment to the welfare and wellbeing of the people, said his Government would 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 sixty five thousand (65,000) 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 privileged ones in the society.
He said, “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.”
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 would 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,” Yahaya added.
Also, Gombe State Palliative Distribution Committee, Dr. Manassah Jatau said to ensure equity, justice and fairness in the exercise, the State Government had constituted his committee which subsequently birthed the local, ward and polling unit committees.
These committees as explained by Jatau, who is also the State Deputy Governor of the state, were 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, stressing that this same package is to be given to each beneficiaries across the State.
On his part, Chairman, Dukku Local Government Council, Jamilu Ahmed Shabewa, lauded Governor Muhammadu Yahaya for not only choosing Dukku for the symbolic exercise, but his compassion for the people of the entire state.
