The
First lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Friday in Abuja distributed
medical items to the hospitalised victims of Nyanya bomb blast.
The blast which occurred in April 14, in Nyanya, a suburb of the FCT, was officially reported to have claimed 75 lives.
The
First Lady was represented by the National Coordinator of her NGO, the
Women for Change and Development Initiative, Mrs Rabi Ibrahim.
According
to reports, the items were distributed at the National Hospital, which
is one of the hospitals, where the injured victims are undergoing
treatment.
“We want to show love in the spirit of the Easter to
aid our brothers and sisters recuperate well. We also want to use this
opportunity to call on the perpetrators to embrace dialogue and shun
violence, she said.
She pledged to go round the government
hospitals, where the victims are receiving treatment, to monitor and
check their progress.
The Director, Medical Services, Dr Jaffe
Momoh, who received the items on behalf of the hospital, thanked the
First lady for the kind and humane gesture.
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