By; TOM GARBA, Yola
The House of Representatives (HoR) lawmaker representing the Fofure/Song Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Hon Barr Aliyu Wakili Boya has distributed 4,631 bags of rice to his constituents.
The gesture is to cushion the effects of hardship for this year’s fasting period to the Muslim faithful as Ramadan commenced on Monday March 11.
According to him, the country is facing serious economic downturn and virtually Nigeria is becoming a survival of the fitest.
He assured hundreds of people gathered at his Yola residence, that he is focused on bringing dividends of democracy by creating laws and bills and bringing motions and contributions that will not only benefit the people of his constituency, Adamawa but the entire nation.
“As long as I remain a lawmaker, you will keep on seeing this gesture and I assure you more is coming soon,” he assured.
The food items distributed by the lawmaker also included sugar, noodles and cooking oil.
All beneficiaries who attended the flag-off were also given cash donations to serve as their transport fares back to their respective destinations.
Considering how the farming season is fast approaching, Honorable Boya donated one thousand two hundred bags of fertilizer to farmers of Fofure/Song and many received water pump machines for irrigation farming.
In a bid to encourage education enrollment to higher institutions of learning, Wakili Boya has offered over two thousand students of the two local government areas scholarship to study various courses in different tertiary institutions.
He gave thirty thousand Naira to degree students and twenty thousand Naira to NCE and Diploma students.
Commendations and praises were showered on Boya by beneficiaries for rescuing them to have a successful Ramadan spiritual exercise.
A beneficiary, Mallam Abubakar Adamu said Boya has proven his good leadership strides in Yola.
He said his name is ringing bell in Yola and beyond, that everyone has been saying good about his service to humanity, since he was the local government area chairman of Fofure.
He prayed to God to give him more life, wisdom,and knowledge to handle the affairs of the two local government areas at the National Assembly.
