Sokoto earmarks N228m for Ramadan feeding

The Sokoto State Government has earmarked over N228m for the 2016
Ramadan Feeding Programme.
The Commissioner for Religious Affairs and Co-Chairman of Ramadan
Feeding Committee, Alhaji Mani Katami Maishinko, stated this while
monitoring some Ramadan feeding centres at Sultan Bello Jumu'at Mosque
and Shehu Danfodiyo Jumu'at Mosque.
The commissioner explained that this year, the state Governor, Alhaji
Aminu Tambuwal, has increased the number of Ramadan feeding centres
from 74 to 101 within Sokoto metropolis.
He said that Governor Tambuwal decided that the idea of Ramadan
feeding arrangement continued in the state to cushion the effect of
hardship on the less privileged in the society during fasting.
Maishinko stated that the Religious Affairs ministry, in collaboration
with the Ramadan Feeding Committee, would ensure daily monitoring and
supervision of the exercise to ensure success.
According to him, four groups will monitor feeding centres while two
will monitor Tallafi centres, all within the state metropolis.
TG-TRENDS gathered that the main committee was divided into six groups
so as to effectively carry out the responsibilities given to them by
the government.
It would be recalled that Governor Tambuwal had assured the people
that despite the prevailing economic situation in the country, the
state will provide free feeding and other forms of assistance to the
less privileged members of the society throughout the period of
Ramadan.