By Salihu Inusa, Maiduguri
THE member representing Jere Federal Constituency, Borno State, Hon. Ahmed Satomi has flagged off the distribution of 25kg assorted bags of wheat to about 5,600 members of his constituency.
The gesture is to assist in ameliorating the current hardship faced by beneficiaries who are victims of the recent flood disaster that ravaged Maiduguri and Jere local government area.
Recall that during the flood which swept many parts of the state capital on 10th September, 2024, the Lawmaker who is the Chairman House Committee on Internal Security and Intelligence had personally donated N200 million to Borno State Government’s Relief and Disbursement Committee. This is in addition to cash distribution of N100 million to victims of his constituency with various interventions.
Unveiling the distribution of the bags of wheat which are mainly proceed from Satomi Integrated Farms ltd on Tuesday at Old Maiduguri Progressives House, the Borno federal Lawmaker said, each of ‘Satomi Campaign Structures, consists of Ward Coordinators and Unit Structures who had played a great role in safeguarding/protecting Votes during the last 2023 general elections and other supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and hitherto victims of the flood disaster from all the 12 wards of Jere Federal Constituency would benefit from the gesture.
He pointed out that, the exercise which kick-started with 1,051 beneficiaries from Maimusari and Mashamari Wards, will cover all the remaining wards, as more of such gesture will be a continuous process, inline with Governor Babagana Zulum’s request for well-to-do individuals to complement efforts of the Government in it’s trying moment.
Satomi while admitting the current economic hardship faced by Nigerians, called on all and sundry to be patient with Government’s harsh policies, as there is going to be a light at the end of the tunnel.
” This is a trying moment for us, we are all living witness with what befell our communities in the last flood disaster. In Jere alone, apart from loss of many lives, more than 50,000 hectares of farmlands with crops near harvest were submerged. I personally lost N2,000 hectares of my rice field around the Jere Bowl. But I urge you to take it as an act of God Almighty.
“As your representative at the national assembly, I will continue to give you my maximum support economically or otherwise.
“Today, each of ‘Satomi Campaign Structures’ which consists of my Ward Coordinators and Unit Structures who had played a significant role in safeguarding/protecting votes in the last 2023 general elections and other supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, hitherto victims of the flood disaster from all the 12 wards of Jere Federal Constituency would benefit from the gesture. This is inline with Governor Babagana Zulum’s request from well-to-do individuals to complement efforts of the Government in it’s trying moment.
“I admitted the current economic hardship faced by Nigerians, especially people of Jere, but let me call on all and sundry to be patient with Government’s harsh policies, as there is going to be a light at the end of the tunnel”. Satomi stated.
In a vote of thanks on behalf of the beneficiaries, Member Representing Jere at the Borno State House of Assembly, Hon. Abba Kyari, enumerated about 27 various people-oriented interventions executed by Satomi in the last one year, which according to him, these interventions cut across distribution of vehicles, irrigation and water pump machines, skills acquisition kits, fertilizers, food and jon-food items, cash to constituents irrespective of political or ethnic consideration.
He thanked the federal Lawmaker for always identifying with people of Jere, even as he urged the beneficiaries to continue give their total support and loyalty to the APC- led government, which he noted, is determined to proffer lasting peace and development in the state.
