Eid-El-Kabir: Matawalle Doles Out 4,860 Rams, N390 To Zamfara People

By Umar Farouq, Gusau

Ahead of the 2024 Eid-El-Kabir festivities, the  Zamfara State APC leader,  who is also the Hon. Minister of State for Defence,  Bello Mohammed Matawalle have distributed a total of 4,860 rams to the people of the state.

The former governor’s gesture came along with the sum of N390 million to be shared among beneficiaries.

The beneficiaries included members of the State Chapter of the APC Working Committee, SWC, as well as the party’s executive at the local government and ward levels in all the local government areas of the state.

This was contained in a statement issued by the State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Yusuf Idris Gusau.

Other beneficiaries are party elders, youths, women groups, Ulamas, less privileged persons, orphans and the needy as well as party members throughout the state.

Former political ppointees in Matawalle’s administration including Commissioners, Special Advisers, Directors General, Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants, Permanent Commissioners and Board members are also included.

Similarly, a total of 140 persons were selected from the 14 local government areas of the state and given N100,000 each to support them during the Sallah celebration.

While showing his continuous appreciation to the people of the Northwest Zone for trooping out massively to vote for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 2023 Presidential election during which Matawalle served as the Zone’s Coordinator, the Minister identified some notable figures of the zone and extended his Sallah gesture to them.

He commended the overwhelming continued support being enjoyed from the zone by the Tinubu-led administration assuring that the government will continue to do its best to make life much easier to them through the provision of more dividends of democracy and protection of people’s lives and property.