The Jigawa Government, has approved the sum of N4.8 billion for the 2025 Ramadan feeding exercise across the 27 local government areas in the state.
Mr Sagir Musa, the state’s Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sport and Culture, disclosed this on Tuesday in Dutse, while briefing news men on the outcome of the executive council meeting.
Musa also disclosed that the state government had approved the increase of the Ramadan feeding centres from 609 to 630.
According to him, the entire Ramadan Feeding Programme will be jointly funded by the state government and the local governments.
”The state government will provide 55 per cent contribution while the local governments share is 45 per cent.
“Each of the 287 wards in the state will have a minimum of two feeding centres in addition to the Jumma’at Mosques, Prisons, Rehabilitation Centers, Motor Parks and Markets, as well as the 15 tertiary institutions in the state.”
The commissioner added that the state government also constituted a committee for the implementation of the feeding programme.