By Muhammad Maitela, Damaturu
In his efforts to cushion the effect of subsidy removal, the member representing Bade/Jakusko federal constituency, Mallam Hassan Jakduwa KaiKaku (El Ben Jaz) has on Sunday flagged-off the distribution of assorted food items, fertiliser to his constituents in Yobe State.
While flagging-off the distribution of the food items and fertiliser at Gashu’a, headquarter of Bade local government, Hon. Hassan Jakduwa said that, over 3210 people in his constituency have been targeted as beneficiaries of the palliatives measure across 22 wards of Bade and Jakusko LGAs.
Hon. El Ben Jaz represented by Mallam Salisu Jawi, stated that, the distribution of the food items as palliatives is to alleviate the suffering of the people of the Constituency due to the high cost of living experienced in the country as a result of removal of fuel subsidy in the country.
“The food items Compresses of Millet, Maize, Sorghum, Beans and MPK fertiliser with the sole aimed to cushion the hardship as a result of the regulation policy introduced by federal government of Nigeria.”Findings has shown that the former Military President Muhammadu Buhari’s led junta then, initiated and commenced the construction of the Dasin-Hausa Dam in 1980’s to tackle the release of overflow of water usually released by Lagdo Dam authorities in Cameroun and to promote irrigation farming in the river bank communities but was abandoned due to change in government.
Communities around the River Benue in Yola South, Fufore,Girei and Numan local government areas made the plea during the sensitisation and trainings for farmers on climate change and it’s remedies organised by The African Activists for Climate Change Justice, AACJ, in conjunction with Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre (HEDA).
At the community outreach programs tagged ‘Amplifying the voices of climate frontier communities’ held on Monday and Tuesday sperately in the affected communities of the four local government areas,the local farmers observed that the efficacy of the proposed Dasin Hausa Dam is not in doubt as it will address major challenge of flood in the state.
Ward heads of Wuro-chekke of Rugange Community in Yola South and Imburu Community in Numan local government areas,Alhaji Sa’ad Muhammad Wuro-chekke and chief Imyaleyo Bulus Imburu decried that Nigeria failed to fulfill the agreement reached with the Cameroun authorities over construction of Dasin-Hausa to compliment the impact of water flow releases from Lagdo Dam which causes destruction of farm products, properties and even human/animal lives in some cases.
