Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) delegate, Tanko Rossi Sabo from Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State has shared more than N12 million election largesse to the less privileged and paid WAEC and NECO examinations fees to secondary school students.
Rossi, a delegate at the party’s National Convention won by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the Presidential candidate, got the largesse from some aspirants alleged to be doling out Dollars to woo the delegates.
This was as one Chief Agworo, another ‘delegate, was spotted in a viral video on Instagram celebrating a new car he claimed to have bought after the recently concluded PDP primaries.
A former SA Media to the late Governor Yakowa of Kaduna State, Reuben Buhari said Sabo spent N7 million on the less privileged in his community.
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He gave N100,000 as logistics to a five-man committee set up to go round the schools and pay the examination fees.
Sabo, had during his campaign for election as delegate, promised to give back whatever monetary benefits he made to the community if elected.
Giving a breakdown of what he gave to the people, he also gave N6.9 million as assistance to 150 orphans and less privileged people in the communities cutting across party lines.
Similarly, he said N3.2 million was spent on the purchase of 42 customised jerseys, including goal keepers wears, socks and track-suit for the football coach to promote the game of football among the youths in the area.
The PDP Ward executives in Sanga LGA got N1.3 million; elders, women and executive beggars known as “Maroka” collected N700,000 while one Danladi Janda got N100,000.
He plans to extend the gesture to the youths in Dogon Daji, Gani communities as well as samba boys of Bokana.
Sabo who published details of how he shared the money on his Facebook page, said in a telephone interview, that he participated in the state assembly, National Assembly, governorship and Presidential primaries of the PDP.
He said, “When I was campaigning to be elected delegate, I told my people that whatever I get as monetary benefit from the primaries, I will share with them.
“So I am just fulfilling the promise I made when I was campaigning to be elected as a delegate for the primary elections”.
“I have a lot of mementos from political leaders. There are some that contested for House of Representatives and State Assembly primaries, but we couldn’t meet after their declaration.
“We later met in Abuja during the National convention. There were some that promised me something during the convention.
“All the money they gave me for my hotel accommodation and food, I took it back to share with the people as I promised.”
