The Jigawa state government has distributed 7,000 packages of COVID-19 palliatives to no fewer than 1,500 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).
The Chairman of the state Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD), Muhammad Usman, disclosed this to newsmen in Dutse, the State capital, yesterday.
Usman said the items would be distributed to PWDs across the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The items were part of the 94 trucks of 49,941 packages containing varieties of food donated to Jigawa by the Coalition Against COVID-19
He listed the items donated as 1,500 packets of 5kg sugar, 1,500 bags of 10kg rice, 1,000 bags of 5kg white maize grills, 1,500 cartons of spaghetti and 1,500 cartons of noodles.
The chairman added that the items would be distributed among the hearing impaired persons, visually impaired persons, persons affected with leprosy as well as the physically challenged, adding that the assistance came at the right time for PWDs in the state due to their vulnerability during the lockdown period.
The items were expected to be shared among the indigents in the 3,526 polling units of the state.
