As part of her efforts at instilling confidence and resilience in national life, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Hajiya Aisha, distributed essential commodities to women groups, Torrey Home, VVF Centre and Elderly Home in Kano, on the eve of Sallah day.
Distributing hundreds of bags of rice and cartons of tomato paste on behalf of the First lady, the wife of the former Military Administrator of Kaduna State, Brigadier General Lawan Jafaru Isah, Hajiya Zainab, said that the First lady was committed to the welfare of women and children, especially orphans.
The items were distributed to women associations from the 44 local government areas of the state at General Jafaru Isah’s residence, in Nassarawa GRA, Kano. Hajia Isah said, “The wife of Mr. President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has directed me to announce to you that she is always happy to be associated with your welfare and happiness in life.
“She was happy the way you elected her husband as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This shows how committed you are in searching for lasting solutions to the age-long perennial problem facing our great country Nigeria.”
According to the First lady’s representative, the foodstuffs were bought with the donations the First lady got prior to the last general elections.
“She decided that something substantial should be used to assist the weak among us,” she emphasised. Responding on behalf of the Kano women and elderly, Hajiya Najaatu Mohammed thanked the First lady and described the gesture as a global phenomenon where campaign donations could also be use to help the elderly and vulnerable ones.
Mohammed said, “As part of her humanitarian gesture to our teeming poor people, the wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, accepted the call made to her by Mr. President to always be up and doing in helping the weak among us. His will is just what she is doing.”
She revealed that similar gesture was also made in other states of the federation.
The delegation visited Nassarawa Children’s Home that houses many orphans and was received by the Officer in Charge of the place, Hajiya Fadimatu Mahmoud Sa’id. Sa’id commended the efforts of the First Lady, stressing that the place needed similar assistance from members of the public.
At the VVF Centre, the officer in charge, Hajiya Lauriya Sagir Garba, thanked the First lady for her philanthropic gesture. One of the patient, Talatu Balarabe, broke into tears of joy. She was happy that they were remembered by the first lady.
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