Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Barau Jibrin at Meena Events Centre in Kano state has donated 60 Sharon cars to some citizens in the state.
Mr.Ismail Mudashir,Special Adviser to Barau on Media and Publicity said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday.
Barau,represented by his Chief of Staff at the event Prof. Muhammad Abdullahi, said the gesture was to ease movements of the beneficiaries to their places of work, businesses and farms and boost economy of the state.
He said the beneficiaries of the gesture who cut across all strata in the state including traders, farmers, civil servants and politicians, among others.
He reiterated his commitment to make his constituents self-reliant and contribute to boosting the country’s economy.
He urged the beneficiaries to take good advantage of the vehicles and utilize them to empower themselves and other people in the region.
“We are gathered here today for the distribution of 60 cars as part of efforts of the Deputy President of the Senate to empower and make our people self-reliant. With these cars, the beneficiaries will be able to carry out their businesses well and contribute to their quota for the development of the state.
“ This is not the first and it will not be the last by Allah’s grace, he would continue to carry our intervention programmes to enable our people to be self-reliant,”he said