The Albino Foundation Public Notice
The Nigerian Youth Parliament (NYP) and the Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN) have donated some clothing and drugs to internally displaced people (IDP) residing at Central Primary School Kuta in Shiroro Local Government of Niger State, Northcentral Nigeria.
The clothing include dresses for children, breast feeding mothers, and elderly women.
The women, particularly pregnant mothers, were tested and treatment for malaria and typhoid infections.
The leader of the team, Ramatu Ibrahim, who is the NYP Senator representing Zone A in the state, said donation was a outcome of the NYP earlier seminar on ‘Youth Development and National Security”.
“At the seminar the participants drawn from security agencies and academia discussed how youths have become the major instrument of insecurity,” she says. “But we didn’t want to stop in Minna and discuss insecurity in the state without coming to see the people that are directly affected by banditry and terrorism.
“By coming to see the people that are directly affected we will be able to feel their pains and understand better what they have gone through. People may discuss about insecurity in the comfort of their office and halls, but won’t know what the victims have been through. It is the victims that can tell the whole story.
“So to show our concern about their plight we have decided to come and donate some clothing. Although they are used clothing that we got from individuals, we have formulated them and share them to the IDPs.
“We have also collaborated with PPFN to come and provide free malaria and typhoid treatment for the women, especially pregnant mothers.”
One of the beneficiaries, Maimuna Salihu, expressed appreciation for the donations from the group. She said though the state government is trying its best, but it cannot meet their basic needs.
“We thank the group for the dresses they have shared to us, “ she say. “ Many of us were able to get things to cover themselves through donations like this, because when the bandits struck in their respective villages, they were left with nothing.
“We also thank them for testing and treating us for malaria and typhoid. You know this is the season for malaria, and many of our and our children have suffered malaria infections this year. We have always used the meager money with use to obtain treatment at the primary health care centers in town whenever we are sick or our children.”
Maimuna called on other well-meaning individuals in the state to donate to them, especially food items, to ease their condition.
