Saturday 19 April 2014

Nyanya blast: First lady donates medical items to hospitalised victims .

The  First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Friday in Abuja distributed  medical items to the hospitalised victims of Nyanya bomb blast. The blast which occurred in April 14, in Nyanya, a suburb of the FCT, was officially reported to have claimed 75 lives.
The  First Lady was represented by the National Coordinator of her NGO, the  Women for Change and Development Initiative‎, Mrs Rabi Ibrahim.
The   items were distributed at the National Hospital, which is one of the  hospitals, where the injured victims are undergoing treatment.
“We  want to show love in the spirit of  the Easter to aid our brothers and  sisters recuperate well. We also want to use this opportunity to call on  the perpetrators to embrace dialogue and shun violence, Jonathan said.
She  pledged to go round the government hospitals, where the victims are  receiving treatment, to monitor and check their progress.
The  Director, Medical Services, Dr Jaffe Momoh, who received the items on  behalf of the hospital, thanked the First lady for the kind and humane  gesture. (NAN)

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