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THE National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has warned beneficiaries of the recent rice distribution in some parts of the North to verify the source and content of their Ramadan largesse.
The warning was contained in a statement by Tinubu’s Media Office, signed by his aide, Mr. Tunde Rahman, and made available to The PUNCH.
Recall that a recent viral video on some social platforms showed the photograph of the APC national leader on bags of rice being distributed to the poor in some states in the North.
Though Tinubu had since denied being behind the largesse to the poor, he said on Sunday that the poor should be left alone if the intention of the gifts was to fight him (Tinubu).
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As part of activities marking the 69th birthday of the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, gift items were donated to orphanage homes in Lagos and Ogun States.
The gifts include food items that the Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) Foundation, a nongovernmental organization, saddled with the responsibility of breaking the shackles of poverty by supporting the less privilege in the society, distributed to orphanage homes.
Cartons of noodles, bags of rice and several cartons of processed food items and toiletries were given to the children in the orphanage homes visited by the foundation
The donations, which was facilitated by the Speaker of Lagos House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, was handed out by the BAT Director-General, Hon. Ahmed Omisore in the company of the Foundation’s Director of Media, Barrister Mobolaji Sanusi and other members of the Foundation.
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