Gov’t fetes poor, vulnerable persons in Abuja

By Stanley Onyekwere

In the spirit of the Eid-el-Fitr celebration, the FCT Administration doled out 60 bags of rice, 60 cartoons of vegetable oil and cows to the poor and vulnerable persons across the 12 FCT Welfare Associations .

Presenting the food items to the association representatives, the FCT Director protocol department, Alhaji Sani Daura said the largesse was one of the administration’s ways of assisting vulnerable groups during festivities.

He explained that the current minister of FCT malam Muhammad Bello has a standing policy of reaching out to the indigents and vulnerable persons to celebrate Sallah, Easter and Christmas which will put smiles on their faces.

Daura, who was represented by Terfa  Agor, head of administration, Protocol department, revealed that the 12 Welfare Associations include FCT School for the Blind, Jabi, FCT School for Children with Special Needs, Kuie, FCT School for the Deaf, Kuje, Abuja Children Home, Karu, FCT Unity Children’s Home, Gwako.

Others are FCT Vocational Rehabilitation Centre, Bwari, Community Based Vocational  Rehabilitation Centre, old  Karu, FCT para soccer Team, Area 10, Garki, Lepers Colony Yangoji, Community Based Rehabilitation Centre, Zuba, Karon-Majiji Disabled Community and Blind Persons Karonmajiji.

He explained that each of the twelve FCT Welfare Associations is provided with five bags of rice, five cartoons of vegetable oil and one cow each.

“The FCT Administration presently led by Malam Muhammad Bello as the minister has a standing policy of reaching out to vulnerable groups during festivities such as Sallah, Easter and Christmas celebrations.

“Therefore, this year’s own is not an exception. The whole essence of this presentation is to specially put smiles on the faces of these groups of people”, he explained.