…Sponsors 46 For Lesser Hajj
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has empowered some of his constituents in Zaria Federal Constituency with tractors for farming, tricycles and motorcycles.
Abbas also provided full sponsorship for 46 people from the constituency to perform the lesser Hajj (Umrah).
At the event, held in Zaria on Sunday, a total of eight tractors with complete implements such as tipping bodies, harrows, ploughs and ridgers were distributed to beneficiaries.
In a statement made available to THE WHISTLER, by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Musa Krishi said the empowerment is part of the Speaker’s efforts at empowering his constituents to be self-reliant.
THE WHISTLER also gathered that a total of 79 tricycles popularly known as Keke NAPEP and 50 motorcycles were distributed to selected constituents.
While the tractors are expected to boost farming activities in Zaria, the tricycles and the motorcycles would enhance intra-city transportation in the Federal Constituency.
Speaking at the occasion, the representative of the Speaker who is also the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Speaker on Administration, Jamil Ahmad Muhammad, said in just about eight months, the people of Zaria benefited tremendously from the good works of the Speaker more than ever before.
The Chief of Staff also disclosed that a campus each for the School of Nursing, Kafanchan and the State College of Education, Gidan Waya, would be established in Zaria to ease the difficulties young people from Zaria go through by traveling all the way to Kafanchan in their quest for knowledge.
Also, he said the Speaker would facilitate the establishment of a study centre of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Zaria to make it easier for his constituents to access education as well as attracting a branch of the National Judicial Institute (NJI) to Zaria.
Speaker Abbas Empowers Constituents With Tricycles, Motorcycles is first published on The Whistler Newspaper