The Murtala Mohammed Foundation, a non-governmental humanitarian organization run in honour of the former Head of State, Late Gen Muratala Mohammed, has distributed food items to over 200 vulnerable households in seven metropolitan local government areas of Kano State.
The intervention was meant to cushion the effects of the ongoing lockdown occasioned by coronavirus pandemic in the state.
Among the food items were measures of Rice, packets of Spaghetti and noodles among many others.
Chronicle gathered that 40 widows from each of the local governments, including Fagge, Kumbotso, Nassarawa, Gwale, Dala, Tarauni and Kano Municipal benefitted from the intervention.
Speaking during the flag-off of the distribution at Fagge Local Government secretariat, the coordinator of the foundation, Hajiya Aisha Mohammed Oyebode, commended the Kano State government for various initiatives taken to contain the pandemic in the state.
The coordinator, who was represented by Malam Jamilu Sule, said the intervention was geared towards complementing the effort of the government in curbing the spread of the virus among its populace through provision of palliatives for sustenance in the period of the total lockdown.
She said “These items might be small, but the idea behind them is big, which is to identify with these vulnerable groups in this trying period occasioned by coronavirus.”
She said 40 indigent families have been selected from each of the local governments with the assistance of the traditional institutions in the respective domains.
The District Head of Fagge, Tafidan Kano, Alhaji Mahmoud Ado Bayero who was represented at the flag-off of the palliatives distribution, commended the foundation for identifying with the needy.
