Bajju monarch donates wrappers to 234 widows
Bajju monarch donates foodstuff, wrappers to 234 widows
By Moses Kolo
Donation
Kafanchan (Kaduna State), July 15, 2019 (NAN) The Agwam Bajju, Malam Nuhu Bature, has donated 16 bags of maize and wrappers to 234 widows across the Bajju Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Presenting the items at his palace in Zonkwa on Monday, Bature said the gesture was aimed at alleviating the economic realities of the beneficiaries.
The paramount traditional ruler said the decision was to also identify with the widows in the challenges they were passing through and their children.
Bature explained that he initiated the gesture 14 years ago and urged well to do sons and daughters of the chiefdom to join him in ameliorating the plight of the widows.
“I do hope other prominent personalities in the chiefdom would emulate me gesture and step it down to their various localities, villages and district levels, depending on the strength of those wishing to join in meeting the immediate needs of the widows,” he said.
He also urged members of the community to be each others’ keeper and expressed optimism that the items donated will be of help to the beneficiaries and their families.
Mrs Rhoda Musa, a beneficiary, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that she had always benefited from the annual gesture which, according to her, gave widows in the chiefdom a sense of belonging.
While appealing for such support from philanthropists, she assured that the items would be used maximally. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola