The wife of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, Hajiya Fatima Tajudeen Abbas, through her Foundation, Fatima Tajudeen Abbas Foundation, has provided succour in Kaduna State by embarking on a series of empowerment programmes targeted at the downtrodden in line with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
This is part of efforts geared towards ameliorating the plight and suffering of the less privileged in society.
Speaking at the four-day event that took place recently at the Emir of Zazzau’s Palace, Kaduna, the convener, Fatima Abbas, stated that the objective of the Foundation is to provide adequate and quality Healthcare services to all indigent Nigerians, as well as render humanitarian services geared towards the eradication of poverty and illiteracy.
She said that the Foundation was aiming at job creation through the provision of skill acquisition schemes targeted at empowering youth, women, widows, children, the homeless, orphans, internally displaced persons, and other vulnerable persons in society.
The wife of the Speaker, however, noted that effective capacity building is dependent on system strengthening via collaborations and sustainable partnerships with relevant local and international stakeholders, such as the government and private agencies, local and foreign non-profit organisations, philanthropists, traditional rulers, religious leaders, academicians, the media, security personnel, and the general public.
She disbursed over Three Million Naira (N3,000,000) to some selected widows in Kaduna.
She also distributed bags of rice to the vulnerable and adorned widows and vulnerable individuals by distributing over 1,500 exquisite wrappers (atampa).
The Speaker’s wife also shared a meal with the almajiri and gifted them some bags of rice and shoes, this was accompanied by a generous contribution of Two Hundred Thousand (N200, 000). She also donated bags of rice along with shoes to an orphanage.
A medical outreach which focused on most-prevailing health cases and conditions was carried out on individuals.
Meanwhile, preliminary tests were conducted for Malaria, Hepatitis B and C, and in some rare cases RVS, the blood sugar and pressure of persons above 40 years was checked.
For her benevolent act of service, she was conferred with an award of excellence from the Student Union Government, of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
The unveiling of the Foundation was graced by dignitaries across Nigeria, His Royal Highness Amb. (Malam) Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli, (Royal Father of the Day), the Emir of the Zazzau Emirate in Zaria and his cabinet, members of the Emirate Council, legislators, wives of legislators, and Representatives of the Kaduna State Government, amongst others.
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