Senator: Why I donated burial materials to my constituents

The senator representing Kano Central in the Senate, Rufai Sani Hanga, has revealed the reasons behind the donation of burial materials to his constituents in Kano State.

The members of the opposition parties in Kano State had lashed out at the lawmaker elected on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), saying he was honouring the dead instead of empowering his constituents.

Speaking at a press conference in Kano on Monday, May 13, 2024, Hanga said he has no regrets donating clay pots and textile materials, used in burying corpses, to his constituents.

The senator said the gesture is a tradition in his family.

He said: “I have no regrets whatsoever purchasing and donating burial materials to my constituents. I did not use constituency project money to buy them; I used my personal money.

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“Furthermore, the gesture is a tradition in my family as I grew up witnessing my father carrying it out.

“Before I became a senator, many people knew me with the gesture; when I became senator, some groups came requesting that I should purchase materials for them to maintain their graveyards.

“And I decided to spread the gesture to all the 15 Local Government Areas of my constituency.”

Hanga said apart from the purchase and donation of pots and other burial materials, he had been delivering other dividends of democracy to his constituents.

The senator added: “As part of my constituency project, we are building roads in about 10 Local Government Areas and women centres in about six Local Councils.

“This is after giving women and youths monetary incentives to selected beneficiaries from the 15 Local Government Areas.

“In the education sector, we have sponsored no fewer than 2,000 students to study at the Kano State Polytechnic.

“We paid school fees 1500 Bayero University, Kano (BUK) students as part of our support to their education.”

The lawmaker said following a request by some Islamic scholars, he also built an Islammiyya School at Dan Dishe town in Kano State.

Hanga added that he had distributed 450 bags of assorted grains such as rice and millet as well as spaghetti to each of the 15 Local Government Areas in his constituency.

The Star