APC Rep in Sokoto empowers 1000 constituents with items, cash

A Member of the House of Representatives, representing Yabo and Shagari Federal Constituency, Sokoto state on the platform of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Alhaji Abubakar Umar, on Tuesday, empowered 1,000 of his constituents, with various items and cash.

According the Blueprint, this was contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Gusau Tuesday signed by Bashir Rabe Mani (Dan Masanin Mani) Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko.

According to him, the items distributed were two hundred pieces each of water pumping and sewing machines, as well as bags of maize while some of the beneficiaries each got N20,000 and a bag of rice seeds, while others were given N10,000 each and a bag of rice seeds.

Speaking at the ceremony held in Yabo, headquarters of Yabo Local Government, the leader of the Party in the state, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, commended the donor for the gesture .

Wamakko, who represents Sokoto North Senatorial District, disclosed that, the gesture was in line with the ideals of the APC, which upholds the integrity and honour of Nigerians.