Eid-el-Kabir: Matawalle distributes 4,860 rams, N390m to Zamfara Muslims

Ahead of the 2024 Eid-El-Kabir festivities, the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has distributed 4,860 rams to  Muslims in Zamfara.

The Zamfara state APC publicity secretary, Yusuf Idris,  said in a statement made available to Blueprint in Gusau Tuesday that

the sum of N390 million was also released by the minister to be shared among beneficiaries.

“The beneficiaries included members of the state chapter of the APC Working Committee (SWC) as well as the party’s executive at the local government and ward levels in all the local government areas of the state.”

“Other beneficiaries, according to the statement, were party elders, youth, women groups, ulamas, less privileged persons, orphans and the needy as well as party members throughout the state.

“The former appointees in Matawalle’s administration including commissioners, special advisers, directors generals, senior special assistants, special assistants, permanent cmmissioners and board members were also among the beneficiaries,” he stated.

Similarly, a total of 140 persons were selected from the 14 local government areas of the state and given N100, 000 each to support them during the Sallah celebration.