Senator Rufai Hanga, representing Kano Central Senatorial District, has distributed 5,000 white pieces of cloth and clay pots to his constituents as burial materials for their loved ones.
Hanga, who has represented Kano Central since 2023, is the Deputy Minority Chief Whip of the 10th Senate and a member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party. His constituency comprises 15 local government areas.
The distribution of burial materials was confirmed by an aide to the Senator, Dawuud Auwal, who praised Hanga for his foresight.
The aide shared a link to a report about the project on his Facebook page, expressing gratitude for the Senator’s efforts.
On April 29, 2022, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, representing Sokoto North senatorial district, donated wrappers and cash to indigent women in Sokoto as part of his perennial gestures to cushion the effects of poverty during the Eid-el-Fitr celebration.
The former governor personally distributed the Sallah packages to the beneficiaries, which included young girls, ladies, and old women.
Additionally, a councillor in Sokoto was reported to have donated two plastic mats to the Sadada community in the Kebbe Local Government Area of the state in February 2022. The councillor also took pictures with the beneficiaries while making the donations.
These instances of politicians making seemingly insignificant donations are not uncommon in Nigeria. Similar donations in the past have included tricycles, motorcycles, grinding machines, water sachets, and shoe-shining starter kits. Notable examples include the distribution of donkeys in Kano, cassava stems in Anambra, and wheelbarrows in various states.
The late caretaker chairperson of Nsukka Local Government Area in Enugu State, Chinwe Ugwu, distributed wheelbarrows to youths in the area for economic empowerment.
Similarly, then-Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, spent N208 million to empower tea sellers in the state by giving them various items. In Katsina State, the late Commissioner for Education, Halimatu Idris, handed out goats to female students in 20 secondary schools, with the expectation that the goats would be returned to the state government after a year.
