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Communal crisis: Ex Speaker provides relief material to victims in Nasarawa
By David Okpashi
Former Nasarawa Speaker , Balarabe Abdullahi on Wednesday provided relief materials worth millions of Naira to victims of communal clash in Toto Local government area of Nasarawa state.
This is even as he also presents sallah packages to his constituents, receives accolades from stakeholders for his humanitarian gesture even after office…”
The immediate Past Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly Rt.
The items were presented to the victims by Alh Usman Muhammed the Political Adviser to the Former Speaker in Umaisha, Toto LGA today.
The relief materials for the people of Katapha and Shege among other villages affected by the recent communal crisis in the area included 100 bundles of zinc and other essential materials as well as bags of 50 kg of rice, semolina, cartons of spaghetti, gallons of oils, Maggi among other food items.
During the exercise, the Former Speaker also distributed Rams, Cows, over 100 bags of rice and other items worth millions of naira to the people of his constituency to enable them celebrate sallah at ease.
According to Muhammed Usman, the Political Adviser to the Former Speaker Balarabe Abdullahi, the relief materials are meant to support the victims of the recent communal crisis in the area to start a new life and settled down by rebuilding their homes especially now that the farming session has sets in.
He also noted that the Former Speaker Balarabe Abdullahi has presented the sallah packages as his usual tradition to enable his people celebrate the upcoming sallah festival with joy considering the present economic reality in the country.
He enjoined the people to remain peaceful and united irrespective of their affiliations and continued to pray and support the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Gov. Abdullahi Sule to succeed.
Speakers at the presentation of the materials, Village Head of Shege, Alh. Usman Idoko, Hon. Muhammed Sani Special Adviser to Governor Abdullahi Sule, Hon. Iliyasu Miryam the Overseer of Umaisha Development Area, APC Chairman of Toto LG and the Woman Leader among others lauded the Former Speaker Balarabe Abdullahi for having his people at heart and prayed God to reward him abundantly.