Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano
As a part of the hassle to ease hardship within the nation, Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has launched the distribution of free meals to 10,000 fasting Muslims in Kano State.
An announcement signed by an official of the Dangote Basis in Kano, Ms. Samira Sanusi, mentioned that the gesture was geared toward assuaging the struggling of poor Muslims throughout the Ramadan interval.
Sanusi mentioned that the muse has flagged the distribution of 1 million luggage of rice value over N13 billion throughout the 36 states of the federation and Abuja to alleviate starvation within the nation.
“That is along with the distribution of 20,000 loaves of bread day by day to Kano residents and 15,000 day by day to Lagos residents, a feeding gesture that began and sustained since 2020 throughout the COVID 19.
“The Ramadan free meals included jollof rice, white rice and stew, jollof spaghetti, yam, beans with rooster and beef, full of a bottle of water and drink for every particular person,” she mentioned.
Sanusi identified that the packaged meals are distributed at Juma’at mosques, streets, prisons, orphanages, remand properties, and different locations in Kano metropolis and its environs.
One of many beneficiaries, Ms. Inna Tukur, expressed delight that the Aliko Dangote Basis has come to her support.
Tukur mentioned: “On this hardship, after we discover it troublesome to eat even two occasions a day, however out of the blue moon, any individual introduced this scrumptious meals to me, it’s extremely unimaginable.
“I’ve nothing to say however to say an enormous thanks to you and Aliko Dangote. I pray to God to bless you increasingly more.”
One other beneficiary, who spoke with journalists, Mr. Musa Maikatako, mentioned that the free meal would ameliorate the struggling of lots of people who may break their quick with solely water, contemplating the financial hardships confronted by Nigerians.
This system would feed 10,000 Kano residents day by day with breakfast, lunch, and dinner.