Maiduguri Residents Urge Politicians To Reach Out To Needy Electorates

Some residents of Maiduguri have urged politicians to share rice and other foodstuffs to households, the same way they did, during election period.
The residents, told our source that they were disappointed with the politicians who, at this time of need, had yet to extend such gesture to the electorate.
“This is the best time we need to get the rice, sugar, salt and other assistance from them, but they are not forth coming.
“All we hear is that they have donated their salary in Abuja forgetting about us,” Ibrahim Abubakar of Mairi ward said.
Falmata Bukar, another resident wondered why the politicians were less bothered to extend favour to the masses at this critical time.
“Although it is not a right, but it is a shame for one who gave you food when you are not really in need, just to vote for him, to now ignore you when you voted him in and  now in need of his support,” Bukar said.
She pointed out that Maiduguri had a lot of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) residing outside the camps, with relations also in need of support at this critical time.
Idris Mohammed and Modu Musa also expressed disappointment with the slow response from the politicians, in using the COVID-19 situation to assist their respective constituencies.
They pointed out that before the indefinite suspension of the proposed Local Government elections in the state last week, some politicians had started meeting on how to distribute items to the electorate.
“Since the suspension of the electioneering campaigns  by the State Electoral Commission, the politicians are no longer calling for meeting to strategise,  let alone discussing how to mobilise voters with gifts,” Mohammed said.
On their part, John Vandi and Babale Mustafa urged politicians to have a rethink on their actions, before it is late, as the appropriate time for such support was now.