Senator Mohqmmed Ali Ndume (Borno South) has donated N200,000 cash, a sewing and grinding machine to Mrs. Amina Abdullahi, an Internally Displaced Person (IDP)-turned bricklayer after her husband was killed five years ago by Boko Haram terrorists in Gwoza local government area.
Ndume learned about the widow’s condition from a good Samaritan, the Hon. Abdullahi Danjato, Chairman of Gwoza local government area.
Danjato drew the Senator’s attention while in Abuja last week. The widow (Mrs. Abdullahi) with five children struggles and treks almost daily from Gwoza IDP camp to Wala housing unit project to make ends meet by engaging in hard labour, usually lifting blocks, mixed sands, and gravels for builders on site.
The distance between the Gwoza Council area and Wala is about 10km. Still, the widow defied all odds to fend for herself and her children instead of depending on handouts, usually unavailable in the camp.
rs. Abdullahi, aged 41, who lost her husband, had been so remorseful in camp that she usually engages in other strenuous jobs to sustain her family and ensure the education of her children. Still, she later chose to shuttle between Gwoza and Wala for the ongoing construction of about 500 housing units for IDPs by the administration of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum.
Presenting the cash and other empowerment items, Ndume, who was represented by the Emir of Gwoza, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Mohammed Shehu Timta, said the gesture is to cushion Mrs. Amina’s present economic hardship and make her self-reliant with her children.
He thanked the Senator for his purposeful leadership and urged well-to-do individuals and organisations to emulate such initiatives for a better society.
“Let me use this opportunity to thank our Senator, Ndume, who has once again demonstrated his unwavering commitment to grassroots empowerment by extending support to a resilient widow from Gwoza Local Government Area, Mrs. Amina Abdullahi.
“In an act that highlights both compassion and responsiveness, Senator Ndume provided Mrs. Abdullahi with a grinding machine, a sewing machine, and cash support of ₦200,000 to strengthen her means of livelihood”. The Monarch stated.
Emir Timta also complemented the gesture by personally providing sets of wrappers to the widow, while the Chairman, Hon Danjato, also supported Mrs. Abdullahi and her Children with N50,000 cash.
Some community leaders who also witnessed the brief presentation appreciated Senator Ndume, the Emir, and the Chairman for coming to the aid of the widow and her children, noting that such support would go a long way toward improving the living conditions of the woman IDP and her children.
The visibly elated Mrs. Amina Abdullahi, who her friends and relatives accompanied, expressed profound gratitude to the lawmaker, the Emir, and the Chairman of the Council for coming to her aid.
She described the gesture as “the dawn of many positive changes in her life’s story and a turning point towards a brighter future”.
