The Kazaure Emirate Council in Jigawa has distributed grains worth N23.5 million to 1,400 indigent persons.
The gesture is part of the 2024 alms (Zakkat), one of the five cardinal pillars of Islam, mandating Muslim faithful to give a certain amount of their income as charity to those in need.
The Spokesman of the council, Gambo Garba, in a statement on Monday in Dutse, said the exercise was in continuation of the 2024 Zakkat collection and distribution exercise.
He said the Zakkat committee distributed assorted grains to poor families at Unguwar Kaya village in Roni district of the council.
Garba quoted the Chairman of the Zakkat Collection and Distribution Committee, Bala Muhammad, as urging wealthy individuals and those eligible to give out Zakkat in support of the needy.
He also quoted the Emir of Kazaure, Najib Hussaini Adamu, as commending the timely collection of the Zakkat, and admonished his subjects to live in peace with one another as well as enrol their wards in schools. (NAN)
