On making the donations, the senator informed anybody who was a beneficiary of his largeses and still refused to vote for him in the forthcoming 2015 general election would be punished by God.
The statement credited to the senator irked some members of his constituency who resolved to shun the empowerment package and quietly left the scene, while some vowed they would collect his gift but they would still not vote for him because he had done nothing in his constituency.
His constituents also reversed the curse, stating if God were to curse anybody, the senator would be the first recipient of God’s wrath.
Some of the constituents who spoke to the press, but preferred to withhold their identities, said the empowerment package distributed by the senator was a charade to give the impression that he was popular in his constituency which he had abandoned for a long time.
“The attempt by the senator to undertake this charade is to atone for the sins he committed against us, as he realises that 2015 is fast approaching, and the only way he could make his way back into reckoning was by offering us this Greek gift,” one his constituents said.
Another constituent, Mallam Shehu, who claimed that he hails from Mayo Belwa Local Government Area, said it was unfortunate for Barata to come to his personal house in the state capital to distribute the items instead of doing so in the heart of his constituency.
He said despite the fact that Barata’s constituency consists of nine local governments in the state, he did not perform the disbursement of the donations at any of these local governments, except at his personal house in Yola. He said this meant that there was a problem and Barata does not enjoy the support of his people
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Shehu explained further that while other senators from Adamawa State were busy aligning with members of their constituencies, Barata was nowhere to be found; but now that 2015 is approaching, he is trying to pacify the people through the questionable empowerment programme.
However, during the disbursement of the donations, which included grinding machines, sewing machines, hairdressing equipment, and local irrigation equipment for dry season farming, Barata said poverty must be reduced to the barest minimum to allow peace thrive.
He observed that poverty was the root cause of all evil acts in the society ranging from the consumption of hard drugs to women and child trafficking and other forms of criminal vices.
He said in his quest to eradicate poverty, he had facilitated the employment of more than 35 graduates from all the nine local governments of his constituency as well as providing a computer centre in Jada and Numan Local Governments Areas.
Source: Thisday
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