By Suzan Edeh, Bauchi
As part of efforts to commemorate the World Humanitarian day, the Bauchi State Government has donated the sum of N2.6 million to five residents of the state who are in dire need of help.
The State Commissioner of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajiya Hajara Wanka who disbursed the cheques to the beneficiaries at the State Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Diasater Management to mark the day, said that the gesture was to alleviate their plight and reiterated the commitment of the government to continue to touch lives, particularly the vulnerable population in the state.
According to her, the Individuals have been outstanding in their contributions to the development of the state, particularly at the grassroot level, pointing out that their integrity and hardwork needs to be rewarded.
“These people have given their services voluntarily to their communities. We have chosen five people and I’m glad to say that they are all deserving. Two of them were nominated through our radio programme.
“The one that took the first position is my nominee, he is Ward Head of Gwallaga, Dandada Ahmadu who gave his service to the community, to his people, to humanity. Two others were also recognised and that is exactly what we did.”
“There is also one other person who has been taking care of a government hospital in Toro local government for about 20 years.
“He has been securing the hospital all this while and nobody has ever paid him for this selfless service and we feel these are the people we should look for on this day and honour them.
“There is also one other person, Madam Abdullahi Bangani who has given his service to a mosque in his locality. He has been taking care of the mosque, keeping it clean and also fetching water for people to perform their ablutions and he is doing other things to help people seeking assistance in that community,” she said.