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The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, was reported to have approved N40m for the purchase of rams and cows as Muslims mark the festival of Eid-elKabir.

Explaining that the gesture was to cushion the effects of soaring prices of goods

Lalong speaking through his Deputy Chief of Staff, Mr. Yusuf Hawaja, said that his administration would always make the welfare of the citizens the priority of his government.

This generated comments from netizens as Saheedl wrote “They never cease to amaze one. They don’t have enough to pay salaries but they can waste money in funny ventures. Is this the change we voted for?”

Netizen Imoh Ukpong also had a lot of questions “I thought we had left this mediocrity behind in the ‘change’? What on earth is a governor proud of buying rams for N40 million? Is he ok? When we should be thinking of cutting down on religious spending and allocate resources to needed areas, he is buying rams.

Netizen ‘70 wrote “The man seems clueless in leading Plateau state so far. This is a guy who has just collected “bail-out” funds from the federal government to pay workers’ outstanding salaries, what else would have been smarter than being prudent in your spending? Gone should be the days of sponsoring pilgrims for Hajj and Jerusalem! Government has no business (funding) religion! Our leaders don’t just get it!”

Olaosebaba12 “If the economy is good and people are living a good life, it would never be the business of the government to give rams. Think individuals will be able to do that.”

Juwon posted “When the state government should have state farm that employs and keeps restless youths occupied, the farm would have produced 100 rams, and still made the state and youths productive. But, my peeps never want to sow, nurture, be patient and reap the rewards.