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Donation
Daura, March 9, 2017 (NAN) A member of the Katsina state House of Assembly, Malam Nasir Yahaya (APC- Daura), has donated 8,000 exercise books and 200 sets of school uniforms to pupils in 52 primary schools in his constituency.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Daura that the headmasters of benefiting schools received the items directly.
Yahaya said the gesture was to promote education in the grassroots, adding that all schools in his constituency would soon benefit it.
The lawmaker also provided medical assistance to 500 patients at the General Hospital and a Comprehensive Health Centre in Daura.
Yahaya said that he gave money to some patients for purchase of drugs as well as assisted others with surgeries on different ailments.
“I also donated mattresses and blankets to the two hospitals for the comfort of patients,” he said.
Yahaya disclosed that he would build three primary health centres in Dan Nakola village, Tudunwada and Kusugu areas in Daura metropolis to improve residents’ access to health care.
NAN reports that the lawmaker had sponsored free eye treatment for 90 patients and empowered 550 youth on vocational skills in the last two years. (NAN)
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Edited by Akin Makanjuola/Ismail Abdulaziz