Wife of Nigeria President Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has distributed food items and cash worth millions of naira to vulnerable groups in Adamawa State.
Beneficiary includes religious and social groups, women’s groups, the disabled, orphanages, and Correctional Facilities.
Represented by Mr. Aliyu Abdullah Special Assistant to President on Media and Publicity and Mrs. Zainab Ikaz-Kassim Special Assistant to President on Events who presented the items, said the intervention was under the auspices of the Aisha Buhari Foundation.
Mrs. Buhari expressed the belief that supporting underprivileged citizens is the responsibility of all well-meaning Nigerians and called for more hands to be on deck in this regard.
“The core objective of the food and cash intervention was to complement the Federal Government’s effort towards improving the livelihood and income of vulnerable communities across the country. Many communities have benefitted from the gesture”. She said.
In her remark, the wife of Adamawa State Governor Mrs. Lami Fintiri, who was represented by the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development Mrs. Wilbina Jackson, thanked Mrs. Buhari for the attention given to the underprivileged in Adamawa State and all other states of the federation, noting that her compassion is exemplary. She promised to ensure a fair distribution of the items.
Others who spoke at the occasion include representatives of the Muslim Council of Nigeria Adamawa State, Mallam Ismail Modibbo, and that of the Christian Association of Nigeria Barr Thomas Egwuje.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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