Ramadan: Sokoto Distributes N258․8m Items to Orphans, Needy
The Sokoto State Government has distributed items worth N258.8 million to orphans and the needy under its Zakkat and Waqf scheme aimed at fulfilling the obligations of one of the five pillars of Islam.
“The government allocated the funds to the Commission in order to enable it discharge its statutory role of assisting orphans, the indigents and the elderly in all the 23 local government areas of the state,” the governor said.
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