The Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, has distributed 47 Sharon vehicles and 282 Boxer motorcycles to leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the Kano North Senatorial District.
The distribution, which also covered former party officials in the zone, formed part of Senator Barau’s empowerment programme.
Speaking at the event on Wednesday, the Chief of Staff to the Deputy Senate President, Muhammad Abdullahi, said the initiative was designed to help beneficiaries become self-reliant.
“Kano North Senatorial District is blessed with the Deputy President of the Senate, who kept on distributing goods that would help stimulate human development and make life easy for those who benefit from them.
“That is why we are not worried about some evil machinations and calculated attacks on our leader, Senator Barau Jibrin because we are aware that those behind them are people of low integrity and decide anybody’s fate.”
Abdullahi urged recipients not to sell the vehicles and motorcycles, but to use them to generate income.
The media aide to Barau, Shittu Madaki, confirmed the items distributed, saying, “What we have on ground for distribution includes 47 cars, 282 motorcycles and more of such goodies are coming soon”.
Also speaking, the State Coordinator of the Renewed Hope Agenda, Salihu Takai, said the initiative aligns with the grassroots implementation of the agenda of President Bola Tinubu.
“This is not the first of his interventions on human and capital development for his Kano North Senatorial District, and will certainly not be the last,” he added.
Beneficiaries included APC local government chairmen and their secretaries, as well as former party officials in the district.