Pleateu State Govt disburses 45m grains to muslims #ramadan

A 16-member Ramadan Committee set up by
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State and given N45
million to purchase and distribute millet, rice and sugar to
members of the Muslim Ummah in the state to assist them
with the Ramadan fasting, says it has acquired much of the
items and started the distribution process.
Chairman of the committee and Commissioner for Water
Resources and Energy, Alhaji Idi Waziri who disclosed this
during a briefing after a meeting of the committee in Jos,
said the committee had so far purchased 1,500 bags of rice,
1,200 bags of millet, and 920 bags of sugar.
Waziri who later took newsmen to a warehouse in Bukuru,
Jos South Local Government Area where the grains and
sugar were kept, said the distribution of the items started
Wednesday, and promised that his committee would ensure
that the items get to all for whom they were procured.
"Mr Governor approved the money for these food items for
the Ramadan fast in keeping with his tradition of extending
this gesture to Muslims during periods like this Ramadan
fast and Id-el-Kabir; this is something he has done every
year since he became governor," Waziri said.