Ex-Nasarawa assembly speaker donates relief materials to victims of communal crisis 

The immediate past speaker of the Nasarawa state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, has doled out relief materials worth millions of naira to victims of the recent communal crisis in Katapha, Shege and other villages in Toto LGA of Nasarawa state.

The items were presented to the victims by Usman Muhammed the political adviser to the former speaker in Umaisha, Toto LGA Wednesday.

The relief materials  includes 100 bundles of zinc and other essential materials as well as bags of 50 kg of rice, semolina, cartons of spaghetti, gallons of oils, Maggi among other food items.

During the exercise, the former speaker also distributed rams, cows, over 100 bags of rice and other items worth millions of naira to the people of his constituency to enable them celebrate Sallah.

Balarabe stated that the relief materials were meant to support the victims of the recent communal crisis in the area to start a new life and settle down by rebuilding their homes, especially now that the farming session has set in.

He also said the Sallah packages as his usual tradition was to enable his people celebrate the upcoming Sallah festival with joy considering the present economic reality in the country.