Rauf Oyewole, Bauchi
The Bauchi State Government has rewarded five residents of the state for their humanitarian services to other vulnerable people in critical conditions.
State Commissioner of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajara Wanka who disbursed the fund on Tuesday to mark this year’s Humanitarian Day, said that the beneficiaries were nominated across their communities for their selfless services.
Hajara explained that the good Samaritans have advanced the work of the government in catering for the common people in the rural communities.
“These people have given their services voluntarily to their communities. We have chosen five people and I’m glad to say that they are all deserving. Two of them were nominated through our radio programme.
“The one that took the first position is my nominee, he is Ward Head of Gwallaga, Dandada Ahmadu who gave his service to the community, to his people, to humanity. Two others were also recognised and that is exactly what we did.”
She explained that there is also one other person who has been taking care of a government hospital in Toro local government for about 20 years.
“He has been securing the hospital all this while and nobody has ever paid him for this selfless service and we feel these are the people we should look for on this day and honour them.
“There is also one other person, Madam Abdullahi Bangani who has given his service to a mosque in his locality. He has been taking care of the mosque, keeping it clean and also fetching water for people to perform their ablutions and he is doing other things to help people seeking assistance in that community,” she said.
Cheques totaling N2,650,000 were presented to the beneficiaries.
