Hundreds of electorate across 10 political wards of Shelleng Local Government Area in Adamawa state on Friday smiled home with cash and other assorted empowerment items distributed by the Member representing Shelleng constituency at the state House of Assembly, Hon. Abubakar Isa.
Some of the items distributed by Hon. Marafa Shelleng include motorcycles, sewing machines, grinding machines and cash support to beneficiaries across Bakta, Gundo, Libo, Bodei, Talum, Gwabogolok, Jubbul, Katambare and Kiri wards.
Those that benefited from the empowerment items include 50 stakeholders, 3 persons from 78 polling units, women representatives, Marafa boys/girls, Fada, friends, Masu Fasaha, Muslim Council of Nigeria (MCN) and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Shelleng branch, Marafa Support Group as well as several others.
Speaking while distributing the empowerment items to cross section of the beneficiaries, the Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, applauded the Honourable Member for distributing items to his constituents.
The Speaker who was represented by the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Pwamwakeno Mackondo(Numan), said that Shelleng electorate have made a right in reelecting their member who has the love of his people at heart.
He told them that the legislator has clearly demonstrated that he is a good leader, saying that even if the legislator supplies all the motorcycles, sewing machines and grinding machines from Yola market, can not go round all the people of Shelleng and therefore pleaded with them to exercise patience.
Also speaking, the Member representing Shelleng constituency at the Assembly, Hon. Abubakar Isa, appreciated his electorate for electing him to represent them.
Hon. Isa said that Shelleng LGA has more than 200,000 people but decided to elect him to represent them, saying that the empowerment programme is just the beginning, and promised to continue to reach out to his electorate with such empowerment items.
According to him, the empowerment programme has been organised so as to reciprocate the love showed to him by his electorate, and promised to continue to justify the confidence reposed in him.
Hon. Abubakar Isa, appreciated Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri for approving #40 million constituency project fund to the Honourable Members, and pledged to support their support to the government of the day.
In his welcome address, the Acting Chairman All Progressives Congress (APC) Shelleng Local Government Area, Mr. Christopher Kadiri, thanked the general public for coming out enmasse to witness the distribution ceremony.
Mr. Kadiri disclosed that the empowerment programme is not the first time as the legislator has been reaching out to his electorate, saying that the member was reelected for second term due to his track record, and how he is always in contact with his electorate.
In their goodwill messages, Mr. Mumini Dickson and Shehu Dangote commended the legislator and pledged to continue support him to enable him succeed.
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