Kano fed more people in 10 days than most states do in a year

In the first 10 days of Ramadan, Kano State's feeding programme served over 1.1 million residents across eight metropolitan local government areas.

115 centres. 1,000 food packages each, daily. The programme expanded from 95 centres last year.

This is what a functional state social programme looks like. Not perfect. Not a permanent solution to the cost-of-living crisis. But 100,000 people eating daily because a government decided they should.

In a week where the federal government blamed a "technical hitch" for delaying February salaries, where Edo residents marched against electricity bills for power they didn't receive, Kano is running a food distribution network at scale.

The same week governors endorsed an executive order demanding oil revenue actually arrive in state accounts, this is the evidence for why it matters. When the money comes in and the government decides to spend it on people, this is what happens.