Gov. Buni declares zero hunger to persons with disability, donates more food relief for the groups

Gov. Buni declares zero hunger to persons with disability, donates more food relief to disabled  groups

Rep of Gov. Buni, Bature Goniri with Com Isa at the food distribution in DTR

Yobe State Governor Hon. Mai Mala Buni has declared Zero Hunger for persons with Disability in Yobe State.

This was disclosed by the APC Northeast Special Zonal Leader and Head of Gender and Social Inclusion, Network of Yobe State Civil Societies, Comrade Mohammed Abba Isa at the distribution of food relief materials donated by Gov. Mai Mala Buni  to persons with disabilities at Maisadari ward in Damaturu, Yobe State Capital.

Comrade Isa who announced to the cheering applause of his people that Gov. Mai Mala Buni whom he describes as ‘Master of Inclusion’ in line with the sustainable development goals has declared zero hunger for persons with disability in the state.

“Our governor has declared zero hunger for people with disability. Henceforth, our Governor Mai Mala Buni don’t want to see or hear that anybody is hungry in the state especially we the disabled people”, he announced.

Comrade Isa also regretted that the number of disabled people in the northeast has increased drastically as a result of the Boko Haram crisis in the last ten years.

The APC Special Zonal Leader disclosed that out of the over two million people that are displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency, about 15% of the number is believed to have been thrown into one disability or the other.

“If you look around, the Boko Haram crisis has made our number to increase. The number of disabled people that we have in the northeast today is not what we use to have in the last few years ago. The number has increased drastically because of this Boko Haram crisis. By statistics, 15% of the people that are displaced in the northeast as a result of the Boko Haram crisis are disabled people.

“This is why our Governor, Mai Mala Buni does not joke with anything that affects us and we are very thankful to his commitment to our plight and we pray that Allah will continue to give him good health and wisdom to lead Yobe to the promise land”, Abba Isa said.

According to Comrade Isa, he secured the food relief materials from Gov. Mai Mala Buni via a text message as a result of his accessibility to the people especially persons with disability.

Beneficiary carries  his bag of rice away

“One of the basic ingredients of good governance is accessibility. Our governor is accessible to everyone therefore it has made things very easy for us to reach him anytime we have problem. It was just a text message that I sent to the governor to inform him of the problem we are facing and in less than one hour he sent in this food relief materials for us,” Comrade Abba informed.

Comrade Isa told the people to continue to pray for Gov. Buni to achieve his dreams of building a new Yobe, just as he solicited the cooperation of all members of the disabled community in the state to support his leadership so as to tap more dividends from the government.

He reminded them of how Gov. Buni has given scholarship to 20 youths with disability to study abroad. A gesture he said has never been done in the history of the country not even by the federal government.

The representative of Gov. Mai Mala at the occasion, Bature Goniri who is also the State Coordinator of Bra Bra/Buni Youth Alliance in the 2019 election called on the people to be united in their course for their greater success.

Bature, explained that Gov. Buni has demystified governance by bringing it to the level of the common man.

Faces of visually impaired women at the distribution.

We have a governor that has brought governance to the door step of every common man in Yobe. Government is no longer a secret as our governor is open and accessible to everyone. Above all, he is a good listener who makes sure that he takes action for every complaint that he gets from the people of the state especially the vulnerable ones,” Bature said.

Many other speakers who spoke at the occasion praise the leadership qualities of gov. Buni just as they also prayed for him to succeed.

Highlights of the occasion was the distribution of the rice to different group leaders of the disability community which include the deaf and dumb, the blind, cripples etc.

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