Sokoto State Government has donated over N 100,000,000 and 408 bags of assorted food items to families affected by bandit attacks and a boat mishap in Dinawa, Birjingo and Gorau villages in Wurno and Goronyo Local Government Areas of the state.
This was disclosed when a high-powered state government delegation, led by the State APC Leader, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, paid condolence visits to the affected communities.
Families of the seven deceased persons in Dinawa received N1 million each, two bags each of maize and millet, and one bag of rice, while the five injured received N250,000 each and one bag each of rice, millet and maize.
Similarly, in Birjingo village, families of the three deceased persons received N1 million each, alongside two bags each of maize, millet, and a bag of rice each,while the six injured received N250,000 each and one bag each of rice, millet and maize.
At Gorau, families of the 65 people who lost their lives in the boat mishap received N1 million each, as well as 2 bags each of maize,millet and a bag of rice.
Condoling the three communities on behalf of Governor Ahmed Aliyu, the State APC Leader, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, expressed deep shock over the incidents, which claimed the lives of residents in Dinawa and Birjingo, as well as 65 people in the boat mishap at Gorau.
He described the incidents as unfortunate and prayed to Almighty Allah to prevent their recurrence.
Senator Wamakko said the state government had been supporting security agencies in their efforts to secure the state.
“I am sure you must have seen the recent intervention by the state government, which included the provision of 62 armoured vehicles to security agencies to support their operations,” he said.
“The state government will continue to support our security agencies in their quest to curb the menace of insecurity in the state,” he added.
Senator Wamakko also expressed optimism that banditry would soon become a thing of the past and called on rural communities to continue supporting security agencies in achieving their objectives.
He said “We also need to pray fervently for Allah’s intervention on insecurity and other challenges confronting our nation,”.
He further appealed to the bereaved families to accept the deaths of their loved ones as ordained by Almighty Allah and prayed to Him to forgive the deceased and grant their families the strength to bear the loss.
At Gorau village, the Governor directed that the overloading of boats, which has been identified as a major cause of boat mishaps in the area, be stopped.
He directed the local government authorities and the district head to take stringent measures to prevent the overloading of boats in the area.
The Governor’s entourage also visited Tsamaye village in Sabon Birni Local Government Area, where the delegation condoled with the people over the death of the Sabon Birni Local Government APC Chairman, Alhaji Amadu Malale, who died recently.
The delegation prayed to Almighty Allah to forgive the deceased and grant his family the fortitude to bear the loss.
In their separate remarks, the Minister of State for Works, Barrister Bello Goronyo, and the Chairman of Sabon Birni Local Government Area, Hashimu Dantudu, thanked the state government for the care and concern it had shown to the affected communities, particularly during the difficult period.
Among those who accompanied the delegation during the condolence visits were the State Deputy Governor, Idris Gobir; Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi; Minister of State for Works, Barrister Bello Goronyo; Speaker, Sokoto State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Tukur Bala Bodinga; State APC Chairman, Haruna Adiya; members representing Kware/Wamakko and Wurno/Rabah Federal Constituencies, Ahmed Abdullahi Kalambaina and Ibrahim Almustapha Rabah; Secretary to the State Government, Muhammad Bello Sifawa; Chief of Staff, Government House, Sokoto, Aminu Haliru Dikko, mni; members of the State House of Assembly; Chairman, SUBEB, Umaru Nagwari Tambuwal; commissioners; special advisers; senior special assistants; APC State Woman Leader, Hajiya Rabi Tudun Wada; politicians; members of the business community, among others.
