SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has donated food items worth millions of Naira to some communities that were ravaged by fire disaster that destroyed houses and other valuables in Dagaro, Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi state.
While presenting the food items to the affected people, Yakubu Dogara sympathized with the communities and prayed to Almighty Allah to safeguard them from the occurrence of such incidents in the future.
The Speaker was represented by one of the gubernatorial aspirants in the state under the banner of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Captain Mohammed Bala Jibrin and the member representing Lere / Bula constituency at the Bauchi State House of Assembly Muhammad Aminu Tukur.
They described Yakubu Dogara as a “most humble leader whose kindness and assistance has no boundary across the country” and pray to God to reward him abundantly for the gesture.
Bala Jibrin said that, “the idea of assisting the communities came when we were discussing with Aminu Tukur about the inferno that affected the Dagaro community and Yakubu Dogara heard about our conversation, as a humble leader, he developed interest and said he will donate food items to the communities on our behalf and himself as our political Leader in North-Eastern geo-political zone of Nigeria.”
He further said that the Speaker gave them 100 bags of 50 kg Rice and 50 bags of maize flour( Garin Masara) ready for cooking which he hopes will alleviate the suffering of the community.
On his own part, Bala Jibrin donated the sum of N100,000 to the communities and advised them to utilize the items donated in order to alleviate their sufferings.
In his remarks, Muhammad Aminu Tukur said that Yakubu Dogara is a leader who carried the entire Bauchi state, North-East and the country at large as his constituency that was the reason why his gesture has no bound across the country.
Aminu Tukur further said that already the Speaker has flagged-off the Ramadan feeding across the state which food items will be taken to all Jumma’at mosques, traditional rulers’ palaces, organizations and individuals houses across the State.
He also said the distribution exercise will be continued until after Sallah in order to assist less privileged persons, orphans and vulnerable children and various communities across the state in order to ease their sufferings and commended the Speaker for his wisdom and his effort of carrying all along without discrimination.
Aminu Tukur who is aspiring for the Bauchi South senatorial seat advised the communities to be careful with anything that will cause fire outbreaks by taking precautionary measures always and advised parents and stakeholders to sensitize the community on the dangers of fire outbreak in order to prevent future occurrence.
He then used the occasion to inform the people of the area that presently genuine APC stakeholders in the state are in court in their effort to ensure fair and just in the just concluded APC wards, Local Government and State congresses in Bauchi state.
He advised them that when electioneering period comes they should vote for Captain Muhammad Bala Jibrin because “he is an honest man with integrity as part of their effort to rescue the state from the ills and woes s of the present administration”.
Many people in the communities who spoke at the occasion commended Yakubu Dogara and Captain Bala Jibrin for the gesture and pledged to distribute it judiciously.
Reports have it that the fire incidence that affected the communities raided over forty houses which were completely destroyed thereby rendering members of the communities homeless.