theenchanter:
In-as-much as I'm not against feeding the less privilege, but why would a govt spend such money on feeding people for fasting?? Just 30days? Is fasting not a personal relationship with God, why would the govt interfere with religion?? If u want to alleviate poverty, why not empower them n not just feed them for 30days pere?

Mynd44 and lalasticlala...... what do u think about this?

There are those who do not have anything to break the fast with, I have a friend with his brother who during my 100 level will break their fast with garri(without sugar) and carry their bags to class, despite not fasting with them I sometimes do the little I can to see that they have something to eat. People are living in penury here in the north.

with south south oil money..

The irony is that Ramadan is meant to be a period of fasting. There should not be a budget for it. This amount involved is quite ostentatious for a 30-day fasting period.

Why spend such an amount of money when you ought to be frugal? Is Nineveh's doppelganger in the Quran?

Allocating a budget for fasting defeats the purpose of the spiritual exercise (if at all it really is one).

Religion and state should remain separate entities.

onenaija001:
There are those who do not have anything to break the fast with, I have a friend with his brother who during my 100 level will break their fast with garri(without sugar) and carry their bags to class, despite not fasting with them I sometimes do the little I can to see that they have something to eat. People are living in penury here in the north.

They should focus on improving the welfare of the people in the north, rather than use a religious period to appear graceful and sanctimonious with charity. Fifty shades of hypocrisy, if you ask me.

theenchanter:
In-as-much as I'm not against feeding the less privilege, but why would a govt spend such money on feeding people for fasting?? Just 30days? Is fasting not a personal relationship with God, why would the govt interfere with religion?? If u want to alleviate poverty, why not empower them n not just feed them for 30days pere?

Mynd44 and lalasticlala...... what do u think about this?

To even think that over half of the money will be looted and the same people under whose cover the money was approved would be left to their own devices. If the caregivers at the IDP camp demand sex from the refugees before giving them food and water from donors, how much less their so called less priviledged who are a light year better than those IDPs.

HigherEd:
Nobody should come and say religion is this or that. Pls be specific and point at Islam.
Islam seems to be a state funded religion, something Christianity isn't entitled to even in the south. Their govt up there build the mosques, Quranic schools and even pay the sultan. Christianity on the other hand is privately funded...

Lalasticlala

If governor wike tries this Nairaland will bury all the pastors alive.

theenchanter:
but I think the govt can do better than this for its people n not for political reasons.

We too dey politicize things for this country.

The government isn't ready to do anything because they need to keep them hungry inorder to make them slaves. Unfortunately, the slaves enjoy their chains hence the reason Northern region will continue to be slums.

I recall the Ekiti governor bought some wrappers to distribute for Christmas, the Muslims called for his head.
Are there no Christians in kano?
The double standard in Nigeria is sickening. In the north, Islam is already a state religion, with a police-Hisbah. why then are they so scared of restructuring when they are already doing things their way.

So once they eat for Ramadan, they won't go hungry again? Why not use that money to create some form of empowerment/employment.

Rubbish country!

Lincoln275:
yepa , pls I need visa to Canada and I don't have money , I can't cope again

brother ,come let's claim gay patners and site persecution . If you are serious, I'm

Hmm

Jesusloveyou:
See election strategy according to the jobless lazy idiotic pigs of Biafra

One thing I know for sure about you Afonjas is that even if you sight the biggest Moon that looks like Sun in Ilorin or Osun, your masters in Sokoto will not recognize it for you to commence fasting

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tuniski:

That is how the conservative north operates. This can win elections you know!

This doesn't win elections Oga.

PrecisionFx:
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This doesn't win elections Oga.

Can is the word!

onenaija001:
There are those who do not have anything to break the fast with, I have a friend with his brother who during my 100 level will break their fast with garri(without sugar) and carry their bags to class, despite not fasting with them I sometimes do the little I can to see that they have something to eat. People are living in penury here in the north.

Feeding them during Ramadan with government money is not the solution.

Nature has a way of creeating equilibrium and correcting imbalance.

An imbalance of excessive childbirth would be corrected by starvation.
The so called population of the North is sustainable only in self sufficiency and not subsidization otherwise you create a moral hazard in which people do not take responsibility for themselves.
those creatures that cannoot look after themselves will die out.

That is a law of nature.

You cannot sustain the transfer of wealth from the south to feed unproductive almajiris in the name of quotasystem.

tuniski:

Can is the word!

It simply can't.

theenchanter:
In-as-much as I'm not against feeding the less privilege, but why would a govt spend such money on feeding people for fasting?? Just 30days? Is fasting not a personal relationship with God, why would the govt interfere with religion?? If u want to alleviate poverty, why not empower them n not just feed them for 30days pere?

Mynd44 and lalasticlala...... what do u think about this?

Is it your money?

All this hypocrites, where you people not hailing Fayose for his stomach infrastructure!

After feeding them for Ramadan they can starve for the next one year. Mschewwww! Instead of empowering the youths there, na to feed them during Ramadan come be the koko now abi? The leaders we have dont even reason at all.

Foolishness on rampage how you spend such money for feeding when that money could have build a good factory or start up business and create job clueless government.

they will not allow their Pple to grow, so that they can continue to feed and fool them

will dat mony also cover d needs of d Sango worshiper, atheist, Christian etc in Kano durin dis period? Smh

PrecisionFx:



It simply can't.

Are you from the conservative north and moslem? That can and such religiosities have wonn elections!

Sirjamo:
All this hypocrites, where you people not hailing Fayose for his stomach infrastructure!

Stomach infrastructure is a must. Those who condemn fayose are cheering ganduje b

theenchanter:
In-as-much as I'm not against feeding the less privilege, but why would a govt spend such money on feeding people for fasting?? Just 30days? Is fasting not a personal relationship with God, why would the govt interfere with religion?? If u want to alleviate poverty, why not empower them n not just feed them for 30days pere?

Mynd44 and lalasticlala...... what do u think about this?

Religion is a weapon used by the elites in the north to keep the people eternally illiterate and subservient to them so they can manipulate them during elections. Its sad that these same elites are the ones running the show in this country that's why the nation will never witness any form of development.

HigherEd:
Nobody should come and say religion is this or that. Pls be specific and point at Islam.

Islam seems to be a state funded religion, something Christianity isn't entitled to even in the south. Their govt up there build the mosques, Quranic schools, fund the pilgrimage and even pay the sultan. Christianity on the other hand is privately funded by interested participants...

Lalasticlala

You just hit the nail on the head. Most people commenting here don't know this fact !!!

tuniski:

Are you from the conservative north and moslem? That can and such religiosities have wonn elections!

There's nothing conservative about the north.

Sharing foods doesn't win any elections in Nigeria. Theres a simple basis for voting in Nigeria......TRIBE AND RELIGION.

Simple.

theenchanter:
In-as-much as I'm not against feeding the less privilege, but why would a govt spend such money on feeding people for fasting?? Just 30days? Is fasting not a personal relationship with God, why would the govt interfere with religion?? If u want to alleviate poverty, why not empower them n not just feed them for 30days pere?

Mynd44 and lalasticlala...... what do u think about this?

I don't know why you guys have to comment negatively in anything related to north and their religion, is it your money?, do you have any right from the state?..........What do I know? may be kano people just complained to you, they ain't ok with it.

They go back to starving after Ramadan abi?

HigherEd:
Nobody should come and say religion is this or that. Pls be specific and point at Islam.

Islam seems to be a state funded religion, something Christianity isn't entitled to even in the south. Their govt up there build the mosques, Quranic schools, fund the pilgrimage and even pay the sultan. Christianity on the other hand is privately funded by interested participants...

Lalasticlala

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HigherEd:
Nobody should come and say religion is this or that. Pls be specific and point at Islam.

Islam seems to be a state funded religion, something Christianity isn't entitled to even in the south. Their govt up there build the mosques, Quranic schools, fund the pilgrimage and even pay the sultan. Christianity on the other hand is privately funded by interested participants...

Lalasticlala

Some of these things you accuse muslims of have been done by christians in the south.

Akwa Ibom state government is building an 8500 capacity mega church.

Lagos state once funded christians pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

Islam is not the only problem.
Christianity has contributed it's own share of problems.
Both religions are guilty.

Nigeria is better off without religion.
We need total secularisation.