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Shelleng: Adamawa Lawmaker distributes food and non essentials items to flood victims

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Shelleng: Adamawa Lawmaker distributes food and non essentials items to flood victims

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The lawmaker Representing Shelleng
Constituency in the Adamawa state House of Assembly Hon. Abubakar Isa (Marafan Shelleng) has reaffimed his commitment towards providing and facilitating for basic needs to his constituents.

Abubakar Isa made this known while presenting food and non food items to flood victims across the ten political wards of Shelleng local government area he lobbied through Adamawa State Government and Sarki Abba, Domestic Personal Assistant to President Buhari.

The lawmaker while presenting the relief materials in Shelleng, said the gesture is in fulfilment of promised he made to the people while convassing for their votes that, if given the mandate he will provide quality representation to them irrespective of political or religious affiliation

He added that, the essence of inviting people from nooks and crannies of Shelleng constituency to present the donation to them is to demonstrate the high level of commitment and transparency of his representation.

Marafa Shelleng, who commended the APC Senatorial Candidate for Adamawa South Engineer Adamu Isma’ila Numan for his support towards facilitating for relief materials from federal government also challenge to beneficiaries to judiciously utilize the commodities for the purpose intended.

The lawmaker who is re-contesting for the third term on the platform of All Progressives Congress APC while appreciating the committee for the job well done also urged those who did not benefit from the gesture to exercise patience as he will continue to lobby for more assistance from relevant authorities to cushion their hardship.

Speaking earlier the All Progressives Congress APC Chairman Shelleng local government area Alhaji Yawale Tela described Abubakar Isa as experience lawmaker who knows the functions of a legislator considering his quality representation since 2015 to date.

He also saluted the member representing Shelleng and the distribution committee chairman Mr Mumini Mamman Dickson and his team for justifying the confidence reposed in them by delivering the items to the people who are in need.

In his remarks, former commissioner for livestock Hon. Isa Salihu Barima while thanking the lawmaker for the gesture, said it is a clear outreach to touch the lives of the people, especially those that were affected by flood and other natural disaster.

Addressing the gathering the distribution committee chairman Mr. Mumini Dickson who was represented by Malam Idi Titwe while commending Hon. Abubakar Isa for facilitating for the items to flood victims, said the relief materials will go a long way to support the beneficiaries and their families.

In their Goodwill messages, the representatives of Muslim Council and Christian Association of Nigeria CAN, Malam Tijjani Abari and Wesley Philimon said Hon. Abubakar Isa has proved beyond reasonable doubt that he is a man of his words considering the way he is carrying all the people irrespective of their religion or tribal affiliation.

Christiana Kefas and Ali Sabo while speaking on behalf of the benefiaries commended the committee for identifying with them and specifically appreciated the Shelleng constituency lawmaker for the assistance he had been rendering to victims of flood.

The food commodities were bags of rice, maize, beans, sphagetty, indomie, mats cooking oils among others.