Speaker of the House of Representatives,Yakubu Dogara has donated relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons in Wassa, Abuja.
The Speaker awhile speaking with the IDPs also recalled how he lost his first cousin who is a divisional police officer to Boko Haram.
The material includes 250 bags of rice, 550 bags of maize, 600 bags of millet, 80 cartons of sugar, 250 bags of beans, 100 Jerry cans of vegetable oil, 100 bags of salt, 200 cartons of Indomie Noodles, 700 pieces of Super wax print and 700 pieces of Guinea Brocade.
The Speaker sympathized with the IDPs, he told the victims who were begging to be taken back to their various communities in the North East that it would be irresponsible of the government to allow them go home where there the war against terrorism is not completely over.
He said “To be very frank with you, even if I don’t come here I know the situation already. I come from zone and my own life is testimony to the kind of devastation we have witnessed in that place.
“Like one of the Honourable members said, perhaps all of us in the North East are victims, I lost my own first cousin. He was DPO in one of the local government in Yobe State. He was killed in active duty.
“So, I am already familiar with the level of devastation in the zone and that has more than ever, strengthened my resolve to ensure that we provide succour to the IDPs.”
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