From Umar Ado Sokoto
The Academic Staff Union of the University, Sokoto State chapter, has donated food item to over 250 Internally Displaced Persons in Sokoto .
The food materials was presented to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) ,who relocates to state metropolis do to the incessant bandit attacks on their communities .
The food items presented as donation to the members of Ramin Kura IDP camp in Sokoto North local government area of the state .
The assorted food materials donated includes ,rice ,beans ,vegetable oil ,sail ,drinking water among others .
In his remarks ,Professor Nurudeen Almustapha, said the gesture is part of the ASUU gesture to the less privileged.
This is part of our efforts to contribute to the wellbeing of those displaced persons and other less privileged in our community .
He said the programme was initiated by ASUU to help the needy,and this time it is for Northwest and North Central.
Similar event was done in the North Central, while we started with Northwest in Katsina state recently.
He further said we were at Zamfara and Kebbi States and now in Sokoto as part of the Northwest, where we are flagging off the distribution to give 250 members, all women of the IDPs.
ASUU earmarked a sum of over N50 million for the exercise in the North Central and North West other zones have received their own.
This part of our union cooperative responsibilities to help the needy,to actualise this members contribute a minimum of N2,000 for the duration of six months to implement the programme .
The chairman also call on the three tiers of government to ensure the provision of enough security to enable those in the IDP camp across the country to go back to their homes.
He further said ASUU has been given intellectual advice to the federal government on how to tackle insecurity in the country and thereby allow everyone living in the camp to go back to their homes.
Earlier , the Special Adviser to the Sokoto State Governor on State Emergency Management Authority (SEMA), Nasiru Garba Kalambina, assured that the current administration is doing everything within its power to ensure those in the camp go back home soon.
He said the governor has been engaging in high-level security meetings, which will bring permanent peace to all the troubled parts of the state soon.
Beneficiaries commend ASUU for the kind gesture and called on similar organisation, individuals in to emulate the kind gesture of the ASUU.
