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Hajiya Rashida Shehu, wife of Speaker of Bauchi State House of Assembly reaches to the needy
By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
Wife of the Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Hajiya Rashida Shehu has donated clothing materials and food stuff worth millions of naira to orphans and other vulnerable individuals in Ningi Local Government Area of the state.
While distributing the items to the beneficiaries in Maje, Gangaren Maje and Guddiba towns of Ningi, Hajiya Rashida Shehu said that the gesture is part of the efforts of her SABEERASH Foundation to put smiles on the faces of orphans and the less privileged in the area.
According to her, the welfare of women and children is one of the top agenda of her husband, the Speaker of Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Y. Suleiman, hence the reason she toed to the line of helping orphans and the less-privileged in the society.
Hajiya Rashida Shehu added that orphans are human like every child, therefore require the support and assistance of all and sundry to live a better life like every other child.
She then pledged that her Foundation will continue to offer helping hands to women and children so as to enhance their lives.
Some of the items distributed include 40 set of wrappers, 40 set of shadda, 48 bags of millet, 75 bags of sugar, 2 bags of sorghum and bags of rice.
In their responses, Malam Abdullahi Kore said 3 orphans are under his custody and all of them benefitted from the Speaker’s wife gesture.
While thanking Hajiya Rashida for the gesture, he prayed for the success of her husband in all his endeavours.
Another beneficiary, Maryam Guddiba expressed her appreciation for the gesture and pray to Almighty Allah to reward the giver and her husband as contained in a statement by Abdul Ahmad Burra, Spokesperson to the Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly.
