As part of plans to bring succour to widows of late Police officers, a non governmental organization (NGO), Voice of Women in Nigeria Leadership Initiative, Niger state Chapter in collaboration with the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State Chapter, Most Rev. Dr. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna have donated cash and food items.
The NGO led by the State Coordinator, Mrs. Rita Durumi over the weekend paid a visit to widows of late Police officers at the Police Barracks in Minna after the State CAN Chairman Most Reverend Doctor Bulus Yohanna watched a video of the living conditions of the widows.
Touched by the video clips, the CAN Chairman who is also the Catholic Bishop of Kontagora Diocese decided to take up the bill of one of the sick widows Mrs Rebecca Sunday whose daughter died through electrocution.
The widows were also presented a cash amount of N9,000 each to ameliorate their sufferings.
Speaking during the presentation of items, the State Coordinator, Mrs. Rita Durumi said the group is thinking of ways to empower the widows to be self reliant.
According to her “today, with funding from the Niger State CAN Chairman, we the Voice of Women in Nigeria Leadership Initiative, Niger state Chapter donated to the widows bags of rice and the sum of nine thousand naira (N9,000) cash to each of the widows.
“The good news is that, the CAN Chairman has agreed to foot the medical bills of one of the widows who has been down with stroke following the death of her husband and daughter”.
Lamenting her ordeal, Mrs Rebecca Sunday said her illness started when she went to the market.
“I realized that part of my body was weak and that was how the stroke started. Unfortunately, my daughter who usually took care of me was going to get me drugs when she got electrocuted. Since then my case went from bad to worse.
” I had given up before because the treadmt is expensive not to even talk of feeding. If someone told me that God will send help to me today I would not believe. I thank the CAN Chairman and the NGO”.
The other widows while expressing their joy thanked the CAN Chairman and the NGO for touching their lives, adding that “this gesture can only be from God”.
