News Investigators/ The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has donated the sum of N6 million and 40 bags of assorted grains to two families who recently lost their loved ones in Zamfara.
The Publicity Secretary of the Matawalle Political Standing Committee (MPSC), Yusuf Idris, stated this in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Sunday.
Mr Idris said N3 million and food items were donated to the family of the late Sanusi Lilo, former Director-General of the Zamfara Investment Company, who died recently.
He said the minister also gave N3 million and food items to Alhaji Aminu Matawallen-Yandoto, who recently lost his wife, Hajiya Zainab.
According to the statement, Mr Matawalle also donated a car and 10 motorcycles to All Progressives Congress (APC) support groups under the leadership of Alhaji Salisu Dawa to support APC campaigns in Zamfara.
Idris said the food items, comprising 40 bags of assorted grains including rice, maize and millet, 20 cartons of macaroni, spaghetti and groundnut oil, were distributed separately to the two bereaved families.
“The donations were presented to the beneficiaries by the Chairman, Matawalle Political Standing Committee, Ibrahim Isa-Mayana, on behalf of the minister.
“The minister prayed to Allah to forgive the deceased their shortcomings and give the families the fortitude to bear the loss.
“The heads of the bereaved families and APC support groups commended Matawalle for the gesture,” Idris revealed.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Lilo died recently in an auto crash along the Zaria-Kaduna Highway, while Hajiya Zainab died recently in Gusau following a brief illness.
NAN
