COVID-19: Wase distributes food items as palliatives to constituents
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, has commenced the distribution of foodstuffs to the less privileged persons across the 20 wards of Wase Federal Constituency.
In a statement issued on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Umar Puma, the deputy speaker said the move is part of measures to cushion the effects of the lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The distribution which has commenced in all the wards witnessed the dispatching of the items to the various wards for onward distribution to households.
In a brief message to the constituents, Wase said the food items are being distributed without any form of discrimination.
Wase, who was represented by Musa Nyalun, appealed to the people not to take the coronavirus lightly, urging them to always obey government orders on measures aimed at containing the spread of the deadly virus.
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He said the palliatives have been designed to reach the people directly and not through proxies.
He equally called on the people to continue supporting and praying for the federal and Plateau state governments in their efforts to battle the spread of the pandemic which has ravaged several other nations.
