In Abuja MMM-Nigeria donates relief materials worth N5m to IDPs
Relief materials worth N5million have been donated by the members of the
MMM Nigeria to the Internally Displaced Persons in Abuja.
‘MMM-Nigeria’, a community of mutual financial aid and donations, donated relief materials worth N5 million to two Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the Federal Capital Territory.
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the gesture was part of the
community’s humanitarian week tagged ‘MMM cares’ to mark its one year
anniversary n on Saturday, November 19, 2016
The
Gwoza and Bama IDP Camp located in Durumi area and the New Kuchingoro
IDP camp were the two beneficiaries of the relief materials.
Bags of rice, beans, garri, as well as cartoons of beverages and noodles, were some of the items donated by the group.
The group also donated clothing, drugs, and educational materials for the pupils among them.
Mr
Seyi Bello, a Guilder in the ‘MMM Community’ said the donation was
motivated by the desire of the group to affect the society positively,
especially the less-privileged.
“We are
marking our first year anniversary and we have decided to come and
celebrate it with our brothers, mothers and children in the camp.
“As
a community, we do not only provide help to our members, we also extend
that to the larger society as part of our social responsibility.
“In
these times of economic challenges, the IDPs are the ones that need
help and support more than any other person; that is why we visited them
today,” he said.
Bello explained that
besides providing help and donations to its members, humanitarian
service was a flagship programme of the group.
He said that the relief items were bought from free-will donations of members in their quest to touch lives positively.
He said: “The N5 million was raised from voluntary donations my members in the FCT.
“That
is what defines us as a community of people providing financial help to
each other on the principle of reciprocity and benevolence.
“In MMM there are no lenders and no debtors. One participant asks for help, another one helps.’’
Bello
appealed to individuals, groups and corporate bodies to always remember
the IDPs across Nigeria, since government alone would not be able to
provide for them adequately.
“They are our brothers and sisters who have left the comfort of their homes and are now struggling for survival here.
“No matter how little, let us always extend a hand of help to them to complement what government and other donors are doing, “he urged.
Mr
Enoch Yohanna, General Secretary of the IDP camp at New Kuchingoro, who
received the items, expressed gratitude for the gesture which he
described as `timely.’
“The Christmas season is very close; we thank MMM-Nigeria for bringing these items to us.
“We hope to share them satisfactorily among us for everybody to be happy and have a happy Christmas celebration, “he said.
NAN
reports that the visit to the IDPs camps was preceded by a two-hour
environmental sanitation by members of the group on Nyanya/Mararaba
route, a suburb of the FCT.
Members of the group came out in their numbers to clear garbage from drainages and streets in the area.
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