Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle has donated N500 million to supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara.
The Special Adviser to the Minister on Political Matters, Alhaji Ibrahim Danmaliki who stated this on Friday in Gusau, said 2,800 APC supporters and beneficiaries drawn from the 14 Local Government Areas of the state received N100,000 each.
He said 114 political office holders in Maradun, Bakura, Talata Mafara, Anka, Bukkuyum and Gummi LGAs got N250,000 each.
The six benefiting council areas from Zamfara West, are from the minister’s senatorial zone.
Danmaliki said 80 beneficiaries were also selected from the rest of the area councils including Shinkafi, Birnin-Magaji, Kaura-Namoda, Maru, Zurmi, Tsafe, Gusau and Bungudu.
According to him, the beneficiaries also included the vulnerable, women, youths and the physically challenged.
He said the minister made the cash to compliment the gesture of other party chieftains who shared food items and clothing materials.
He said the cash would assist the beneficiaries to meet other obligations during Ramadan.
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