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 on 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.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that
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, Jonathan 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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