Kebbi tragedy: Gov Badaru donates N25 million to victims

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From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse

The Jigawa state Governor Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar has donated the sum of N25 million to the families and victims of Kebbi capsized boat.
The governor also commiserated with the Kebbi State Governor Alhaji Atiku Bagudu over the tragedy that caused the death of over a hundred people in the state.
This was contained in a statement signed and issued to news men by the Senior Special Assistant to the Jigawa state Governor on New Media Auwal D Sankara.
The statement said, a boat ferrying about 200 people capsized near Wara, a town on the shores of Kainji Lake, part of the Niger River in Kebbi state on Wednesday.
Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar who visited Kebbi state to sympathize with the state government announced a donation of the sum of twenty five million naira (N25,000,000) to the victims.

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