El-Rufa’i stops free Ramadan rice, oil, sugar.

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufa’i, has ordered a stop to
government’s free distribution of grains during fasting in the month of
Ramadan.
The Governor said that his administration would not continue with what he
described as the People’s Democratic Party’s culture of sharing state’s
resources.

“I have been made to understand that this Ramadan period, we are supposed
to have started sharing rice, milk and sugar, but we will not do that,” El-Rufa’i
said yesterday at the Government House.
He spoke when the executive members of the Christian Association of Nigeria
(CAN) and Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) visited him.
El-Rufa’i explained that he took the decision to stop the annual tradition of
distribution of the products because he does not want government to be
involved in religious affairs, more so, according to him, “as the government is
broke.

“If his government continues in such direction, the administration will only exist
to pay salaries and allowances.
“This beautiful office complex in which we are cost the government about N10
billion.
“The Deputy Governor and I would not have built this when there are many
masses-oriented projects yet to be executed, but it has been built, we have to
use.’’
“So, we solicit your prayers to be able to stabilise the situation and we hope
that things will improve.