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First Lady Tinubu donates N40m, assorted food items to victims of tanker explosion in Jigawa

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*Nigerian First Lady (Senator) Oluremi Tinubu, CON, has donated N40 million and various food items to victims of tanker explosion that occurred in Majiya village, Jigawa State, North-East Nigeria

Alexander Davis | ConsumerConnect

Nigerian First Lady (Senator) Oluremi Tinubu, CON, has donated N40 million and various food items to victims of tanker explosion that occurred in Majiya village, Jigawa State, North-East Nigeria.

Hajia Fatima Tajudeen Abbas, wife of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who led a delegation presented the donation on her behalf to the Government House, Dutse, the state capital.

Handing over the cheque and food items to Hadiza Umar Namadi, wife of the Jigawa State Governor, First Lady Tinubu stated that the plight of the victims is of great concern to her, and assured the state government of continued support and prayers.

Busola Kukoyi, Senior Special Assistant to the First Lady on Media, who disclosed this development in a statement Thursday, October 24, 2024, said Governor Malam Umar Namadi of Jigawa State, with the victims and received the donations from the First Lady with thanks.

The Jigawa State Governor also assured the delegation that the donation would be judiciously deployed to cater for the victims of the explosion.

Governor Namadi, while appreciating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his prompt and fatherly response to the disaster in the state, disclosed that some of the victims are already getting better under medical care.

He also noted that the tanker explosion was a sad episode for the state.

Wife of the governor, who received the items on behalf of the state government described the visit and donation by the First Lady as a show of motherly love, unity and solidarity.

The delegation was earlier at the Rasheed Shekoni Federal University Teaching Hospital, Dutse, where some of the victims are currently receiving medical attention, noted the statement.

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