Nigeria: This Calls for Sober Reflection

29 August 2012

opinion By Abba Mahmood

During the Ramadan fast, precisely in the first week of August 2012, I read in the papers that the Zamfara State government had spent a whopping N2.7bn for the fasting period! I began to wonder if that State House of Assembly had actually appropriated that amount to be spent during fasting. I also began to think aloud if the governor is really in his right senses to do that. Zamfara has one of the lowest scores consistently during major examination.

Zamfara also has one of the highest rates of poverty in Nigeria. Good drinking water is often difficult to get there. But the state government under AbdulAzeez Yari is spending these billions just to "facilitate" the one month Ramadan fast! This calls for sober reflections.

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