Jigawa State Government has set aside over two billion naira for a special Ramadan Iftar (breaking of fast) feeding programme intended to provide meals for poor and vulnerable persons in the state.
The state’s Commissioner for Information, Sagir Musa, who stated this in a statement, said the programme will be implemented at 609 feeding centres, with a focus on providing three different food items to one hundred and eighty poor and vulnerable people daily.
It said additional feeding centres will be established at each of the state’s ten tertiary institutions.
The statement pointed out that the feeding programme would be implemented for three weeks and that approximately 3.8 million vulnerable persons would benefit from it throughout the Ramadan period.
The commissioner stated that the decisions were taken to alleviate the hardship caused by the rising cost of food in the country.