{"id":118728,"date":"2024-05-13T19:36:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T18:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/no-regrets-donating-burial-materials-to-my-constituents-kaduna-senator-rufai"},"modified":"2024-05-13T22:10:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:10:18","slug":"no-regrets-donating-burial-materials-to-my-constituents-kaduna-senator-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-regrets-donating-burial-materials-to-my-constituents-kaduna-senator-rufai","title":{"rendered":"No regrets donating burial materials to my constituents \u2013 Kaduna senator, Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Senator Rufai Sani Hanga said on Monday that he has no regrets donating clay pots and textile materials, used in burying corpses, to his constituents.<\/p>\n<p>Hanga, who represents Kano Central in the Senate, defended his action during a news conference in Kano on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He was reacting to criticisms that trailed his gesture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no regrets whatsoever purchasing and donating burial materials to my constituents. I did not use constituency project money to buy them; I used my personal money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, the gesture is a tradition in my family as I grew up witnessing my father carrying it out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore I became a senator many people knew me with the gesture; when I became Senator, some groups came requesting that I should purchase materials for them to maintain their graveyards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I decided to spread the gesture to all the 15 Local Government Areas of my constituency,\u201d the lawmaker explained.<\/p>\n<p>He said apart from the purchase and donation of pots and other burial materials, he had been delivering other dividends of democracy to his constituents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of my constituency project we are building roads in about 10 Local Government Areas, and Women Centers in about 6 Local Councils.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is after giving women and youths monetary incentives to selected beneficiaries from the 15 Local Government Areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the education sector we have sponsored no fewer than 2000 students to study at the Kano State Polytechnic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c`We paid school fees 1500 Bayero University, Kano (BUK) students as part of our support to their education,\u201d Hanga said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Senator Rufai Sani Hanga said on Monday that he has no regrets donating clay pots and textile materials, used in burying corpses, to his constituents. Hanga, who represents Kano Central in the Senate, defended his action during a news conference in Kano on Monday. 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