Niger Gov Budgets N976 Million for Ramadan

The Niger State Government has budgeted N976 million for Ramadan feeding in the eight emirate councils of the state.

Assorted grains have been bought to be distributed to all the 25 local government areas, emirate councils, religious leaders, security agencies, and political parties in the state.

This information was made known on Friday in a statement by the state Commissioner for Information.

The commissioner said each local government will receive 7,079 bags of assorted grains.

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The commissioner, however, appealed to all those responsible for the distribution and coordination of the palliatives and Ramadan feeding to be fair in carrying out the task.