Paralysed family members solicits govt, public help

Paralysed family members solicits govt, public help
By Awayi Kuje
Assistance
Gitata (Nasarawa State), April 10, 2018 (NAN) The paralysis afflicted family of eight in Nasarawa State on Tuesday appealed for special assistance from the Federal and Nasarawa State Governments.
Mr Danlami Danladi, the eldest son of the family of late Danladi Bawa, made the appeal when the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) visited the “neglected family’’ at Gitata, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa state.
Danlami is among the six members of the same family of eight that got paralysed after reaching the gae of 18.
He appealed to the government, philanthropists and NGOs to assist the family with medication, foodstuff, clothing and economic empowerment to live as responsible citizens.
Danlami expressed regrets that despite several interactions with the media, the state government was yet to come to their aid.
“Because of our condition we cannot fend for ourselves.
“I want to thank NAN and other media houses for their interest in our plight, taking our cry to the outside world.
“As a result of the media interventions, we have received the attention of some organisations like the Brekete Family in Abuja.
“We have been taken to Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, by them in which several tests have been carried out, we must have to commend their gesture.
“They also promised to take us to Gwagalada Specialist Hospital, Abuja, for some tests again and we are still waiting for them.
“We are particularly grateful to Brekete Family led Mr Ahmed Isa for their show of love.
“If the federal and the state governments will come to our aid through the provision of foodstuffs and medical needs, it will go a long way in improving on our standard of living,” he said.
Danlami also appealed to other well meaning Nigerians to come to their aid, saying “the giver never lacks’’.
NAN had on March 24 reported the development after learning that six members of same family have been paralysed following an attack by a strange disease.
Danlami recalled that their father died in 1990, while their mother died in 2017, but not from the mysterious ailment.
“My name is Danlami Danladi, I am 38 years old; as you can see, our parents are late.
“My father died in 1990 after a brief illness and our mother died in 2017 from malaria and typhoid attack.
“Our parents did not die of this disease. They gave birth to eight of us and six of us have been paralysed by a mysterious ailment.
“When we grow up and reach the age of 18, we find ourselves paralysed. We don’t know what happens and this kind of disease.
“When my father died in 1990, it was our mother that usually provided us with our needs. Her death affected us more as we find it difficult to eat and take care of our medical treatment.
“I am the second born of our parents and I was paralysed in 2006. And let me tell you what disturbs us is that, six of us were paralysed when we were above the age of 18.
“It was after we grew up and we don’t know what is happening to our family, and we pray that we will be healed of this mysterious disease one day.
“I was repairing handsets before but now I cannot do the job because I have been paralysed and I pray that God will heal me and my brothers and sisters from this kind of mysterious disease,” he said.
According to him, other paralysed members of the family are Asabe, married and has five children; Pius, Maikasuwa, Danjuma and Cecelia.
Their siblings, Hannatu and Joshua, are the ones free of the disease, being the youngest members of the family. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola