As part of the effort to compliment the effort to support the needy, Zamfara state First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Bello Matawalle has donated cash and clothes to over 5000 women in the state for Sallah celebrations.
Presenting the gesture to the beneficiaries in Gusau on Tuesday, Hajiya Aisha bello Matawalle said the gesture is aimed at assisting women to celebrate sallah festival with relative ease.
“We are presenting a set of cloth to over 5000 women and cash to beneficiaries drawned from Gusau, Bungudu and Tsafe LGAs.
“This is inline with the objectives of the present administration led by Governor Bello Matawalle to enhance the lives of the poor especially at grassroots”, he said.
In a statement by the press Secretary to the Zamfara First Lady Zainab Shuaibu Abdullahi said, the first lady also called on people of the state to use sallah period and offer special prayers and seek for Allah’s intervention to overcome security challenges in the state and Nigeria in general.
In her remarks, the state women leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Hajiya Aisha Waziri thanked the First Lady for initiating various programmes to support women in the state.
According to her, the PDP government led by Governor Matawalle since its inception has been giving priority to women empowerment policies and programmes.
Also speaking the special adviser to the Governor, office of the First Lady, Hajiya Fatima musa described the assistance given to women by the First Lady as a timely.
“This is timely, considering the way it would add impact to various lives of vulnerable groups especially women especially as they celebrate sallah with happiness”, Hajiya Fatima said.
She appealed to people of the state to continue to cooperate with Matawalle’s administration to move the state forward.
