A Katsina State based political pressure group, Katsina Youths for Sustainable Change, KYSC, has dismissed claims by Governor Aminu Masari that only the duo of Director General of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria,( SMEDAN), Dikko Radda and Managing Director of Federal Mortgage Bank, Ahmed Dangiwa have provided empowerment packages towards the success of the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
According to a statement signed by the group’s president, Alhaji Sallau Arawa, the Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman has, sometimes in collaboration with the KYSC, provided empowerment packages to the people of the state unmatched by any other politician in the state.
Arawa said in the statement that: “It is our humble submission that the statement credited to His Excellency the Governor of Katsina State and APC Katsina Party Chairman is false and completely incorrect. The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Hajiya Hadiza Bala Usman through the corporate social responsibility projects implemented by NPA in collaboration with the above named KYSC have delivered more impactful empowerment packages in Katsina State.
Interventions which the NPA boss is said to have made in the state, according to the press release include: “support and empowerment to the weak and destitute in in all LGAs of Katsina State. These projects range from the provision of furniture in primary schools, provision of solar lights & blankets in 280 Almajiri schools, provision of sewing machines, grinding machines to women and irrigation pumps to rural farmers as detailed below.
Hajiya Hadiza has contributed more than any political appointee ever in the history of Katsina State, be it at the State or Federal Government level to empower and support the weak in our society,” Arawa said in the statement.
The group encouraged political office holders in in the state to be very sure of their facts before going public to avoid spreading falsehood.