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The president's wife Mrs Aisha Buhari again tackles 500 billion naira social investment scheme over the support to the poor


The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has asked the National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP) to support the poor people in Katsina State including those devastated by banditry. Mrs Buhari who was in Batsari, Katsina State on Saturday to distribute relief materials to victims of banditry, noted that although 500 billion Naira was given by the Federal Government to assist vulnerable Nigerians, but only a few had benefited. 

 The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that when Mrs Aisha Buhari asked the IDPs if any of them had received the 10,000 Naira assistance, the response was negative. “National Social Investment Programme should go to Katsina state and give them their assistance. “These people gave over one million votes during the general elections, they really need the assistance and they deserve to be given,”  said Mrs Aisha Buhari. She also urged the National Emergency Management Agency to come to the help of the Internally Displaced Persons in the state. Earlier, the Transition Committee Chairman, Batsari Local Government, Alhaji Mannir Muazu, said that over 18,000 people were displaced by banditry in the area. He said that 13,000 of  the victims were children while the remaining 4,000 were women from 28 communities across the area. Some of the IDPs interviewed, commended Mrs Aisha Buhari for the gesture. Malama Fatima Kasai, a female victim, said that the bandits dislodged them from their community, took away their food and valuables, killed majority of their husbands and raped some of the women. Kasai urged the government to take measures to end the attacks and prevent a reocurrence. 

NAN reports that the relief materials distributed by Mrs Buhari included rice, milk, clothes, among others.

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