Two plastic mats have been donated by a councillor in Sokoto State to Sadada community, Kebbe Local Government Area of the state.
While making the donations, the councillor, whose name could not be verified as of the time of filing the report, also took pictures with the beneficiaries.
Such surprsing donations by Nigerian politicians is not new but the usual items had included frying pan, tricycles, motorcycles, and grinding machines, water sachets and shoe-shining starter kits have also been donated by politicians.
Earlier newsmen had reported how donkeys were given out in Kano and cassava stems in Anambra as economic empowerment by government representatives who enjoy all the pecks of office, and in many cases, funds corruptly acquired, all at the expense of taxpayers.
According to WithinNigeria, an aide to the Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, once distributed wheelbarrows with the inscription, “Gov Ortom for You,” arguing that the beneficiaries would use the wheelbarrows to run errands and hawk.
Later the wheelbarrow empowerment resurfaced in Taraba State as a member of the House of Representatives, Maigari Bello-Kasimu, representing Jalingo/Yorro/Zing federal constituency, distributed wheelbarrows to empower some members of his constituency.
“All of them used to hire wheelbarrows and push to earn their living, but now they have the opportunity of owning their wheelbarrows,” the spokesperson for the lawmaker, Saidu Na-Anabi, had said during the presentation.
Na-Anabi’s speech probably inspired the late caretaker chairperson of Nsukka Local Government Area in Enugu State, Chinwe Ugwu, to give wheelbarrows to youths in the area as economic empowerment.
“These are poor people who cannot afford to buy wheelbarrows but had to hire for between N200 and N300 per day,” Ugwu had said in response to critics.
