Senator Abdul’aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) says he donated food items and clothes to 10,000 orphans for Ramadan and sallah.

On Wednesday, Mr Yari, representing Zamfara West senatorial district, flagged off the distribution of the items to the beneficiaries in Gusau.

The senator, represented by the former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara, Lawal Liman, said the gesture was to assist orphans during Ramadan and to celebrate eid-el-fitri.

“Assisting the needy is very necessary, especially during the holy months of Ramadan, because it is the teaching of Prophet Muhammad (SAW),” Mr Yari explained.

According to him, each 10,000 orphans will receive a package of assorted grains comprising rice, millet, sugar and one set of clothing materials.

He called on other well-meaning individuals to provide food and financial assistance to the orphans and other categories of the less privileged nearest to them.

Mr Yari urged the distribution committees at emirate councils to ensure that the items get to the beneficiaries.

He called on the people of the state to use the Ramadan period to seek divine intervention in ending the security challenges facing the state and the country at large.

Earlier, Sanusi Liman-DanAlhaji, the state secretary of the exercise’s selection and screening committee, commended the former governor for the gesture.

Mr Liman-DanAlhaji said 10,000 orphans, including boys and girls, were selected from across the 20 emirates in the state.

“500 orphans were selected from each of the 19 emirates of the state, while the Gusau emirate alone has a total of 1000 orphans selected to benefit from the assistance,” the secretary said.

He further said over N565 million was spent procuring the items, and each beneficiary would receive food items and clothing materials worth N56,000.

Two beneficiaries, Maryam Musa and Abdurrahman Saifullahi, who spoke on behalf of others, expressed their gratitude to Mr Yari for the kind gesture.

(NAN)