Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin has paid the medical and surgery bills of Abdurrabah Idris Yahaya, a 30-year-old Kano State indigene and MSc student who has been battling with cancer.
Abdurrabah, a resident of Bankaura/S.Doka area of Ungogo local government area of Kano State, who had been receiving treatment from home, went viral on social media, seeking assistance following medical doctors’ advice that he undergoes surgery.
Worried by Abdurrabah’s situation and the urgency of the doctors’ advice, the deputy Senate president sent a delegation with the sum of N1.45 million to offset his medical and surgery bills.
Represented by his chief of staff, Professor Muhammad Ibn Abdullahi, Senator Barau expressed concern over the health condition of the student who is a beneficiary of his Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme.
While urging the patient and his family to remain prayerful, as every illness is the will of Allah, Senator Barau prayed for the quick recovery of the student.
A statement issued by his special adviser on media, Ismail Mudashir, said: “The Deputy President of the Senate is deeply worried since he heard about the situation of this young, talented man’s health. As such, he sent us the sum of N1,450,000 as required by the doctors for his surgery.
“Strengthen your faith in Almighty God, Abdurrabah will be okay by the grace of Allah,” he said.
