Ahead of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria, the wife of the First Lady of Katsina State, Binta Masari has reportedly distributed ₦510 million in support of her husband’s re-election bid.

Mrs. Masari was said to have shared the money among 10,200 women during a flag-off Governor Bello Masari’s campaign in Katsina, the state capital on Sunday.

Speaking on the development, Shehu Shewei, a former aide of the Governor said: “The wife of the Governor supported 10,200 Katsina women with a token of ₦50,000 each to help fast-track women empowerment in the state.

Shewei added that the beneficiaries of the cash disbursements were carefully selected in clusters of 300 women from each of the 34 Local Government Areas in the state.