The donation consists of 100 trucks of rice, 44 trucks of sorghum, and four trucks of maize
The federal government has donated truckloads of grains to the Kano State government for distribution to the needy.The donation arrived just as the state government said it has begun an investigation into its ongoing Ramadan feeding programme in the state.
Mr Tofa said Governor Abba Yusuf had expressed dismay over the operation of the programme when he paid a surprise visit to some selected Ramadan feeding centres in the Kano metropolis. "The governor said that in the next 24 hours, the government would reorganise the feeding committee handling the exercise," he said.
"Yusuf was at the feeding centres and saw what was happening, and instead of meeting the actual 1,000 targeted people, only 450 registered beneficiaries were being fed at the centres he visited," he said.
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