- Challenges Govt To Publish Names Of Beneficiaries
By Mahmoud Dogara (Bauchi State Correspondent)
The Bauchi State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has faulted the claim by the state government that it has distributed all the palliatives received from the federal government to the people of the state.
The party however challenged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led state government to publish the names of the alleged beneficiaries of the palliatives.
Recall that the state government, within the week, claimed that hoodlums attacked the warehouse of the state to cart away foodstuffs, but went home disappointed, having allegedly found an empty warehouse.
This was contained in a press statement, signed by the APC State Publicity Secretary, Adamu Aliyu Jalla, and made available to newsmen in Bauchi
"If really the hoodlums found an empty warehouse, then the state government should tell us the whereabouts of the 118 trailers of foodstuffs donated to the state government by the federal government.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouk, brought the palliatives to the state on the 6th September 2020, for distribution to the needy and the items were received by the state Deputy Governor, Senator Baba Tella"
"The question is, where are those foodstuffs and to whom were they distributed? Of course, the state government claimed that it shared foodstuffs in some local governments, but the ones they shared, were they donated by wealthy individuals and donor agencies? What happened to the 118 trailers of foodstuffs, donated by the federal government?"
"The foodstuffs donated included 1,728 metric tonnes of maize, 235 metric tonnes of millet and 1,668 of Sorghum. We challenge the state government to publish the list of the beneficiaries of the first tranch of palliatives sent by the federal government and the second tranch of 118 trailers received on behalf of the state government by the State Deputy Governor", the statement read in parts.
The APC said that if the Governor, Senator Bala Muhammed, cannot do this, then he should withdraw his claim that he has distributed all the palliatives received and bring out the palliatives from where he is hiding them and start sharing them to the people of the state without delay. NNL.
