Enoch
Yohanna, the General Secretary of the IDP camp at New Kuchingoro area
of the federal capital, Abuja, has received some multi-million Naira
relief materials from MMM Nigeria and expressed gratitude for the
gesture which he described as 'timely.'
Photo used for illustrative purposes only
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), MMM-Nigeria, a
community of mutual financial aid and donations, on Saturday, donated
relief materials worth N5 million to two Internally Displaced Persons
(IDPs) camps in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The gesture was part of the community’s humanitarian week tagged ‘MMM cares’
to mark its one year anniversary. The Gwoza and Bama IDP Camp located
in Durumi area and the New Kuchingoro IDP camp were the two
beneficiaries of the relief materials.
It was gathered that bags of rice, beans, garri, as well as
cartoons of beverages and noodles, were some of the items donated by the
group. The group also donated clothing, drugs, and educational
materials for the pupils among them.
Speaking to correspondents, Seyi Bello, a Guilder in the ‘MMM
Community’, said the donation was motivated by the desire of the group
to affect the society positively, especially the less-privileged.
“We are marking our first year anniversary and we have decided
to come and celebrate it with our brothers, mothers and children in the
camp.
“As a community, we do not only provide help to our members, we
also extend that to the larger society as part of our social
responsibility.
“In these times of economic challenges, the IDPs are the ones
that need help and support more than any other person; that is why we
visited them today,” he said.
Vanguard reported that Bello explained that besides providing help
and donations to its members, humanitarian service was a flagship
programme of the group. He said that the relief items were bought from
free-will donations of members in their quest to touch lives
positively.
He said: “The N5 million was raised from voluntary donations my
members in the FCT. That is what defines us as a community of people
providing financial help to each other on the principle of reciprocity
and benevolence.
“In MMM there are no lenders and no debtors. One participant asks for help, another one helps.’’
Bello appealed to individuals, groups and corporate bodies to
always remember the IDPs across Nigeria, since government alone would
not be able to provide for them adequately.
“They are our brothers and sisters who have left the comfort of their homes and are now struggling for survival here.
“No matter how little, let us always extend a hand of help to them to complement what government and other donors are doing,“ he urged.
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