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THE Presidential Victims Support Fund on Friday, November 20, donated N40 million to the victims of the bomb attack that occurred in Kano on Wednesday, November 18.
The money was given to victims of the blast who are currently receiving treatment at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, AKTH, and Murtala Muhammad specialists Hospital, Kano.
Sunday Ochoche, executive director, who led a team of members of the Fund, announced the donation during a visit to the two hospitals, said they were in Kano to commiserate with the government, the victims and people of the state over the unfortunate incident.
“The Fund gave N20 million to each of the two hospitals we visited, making it a total of N40 million. We are here to assist the victims and bring succour to the injured people,” Ochoche said.
He expressed hope that the money would be judiciously used for the treatment of the injured persons to ensure their speedy recovery.
According to him, the Fund would sign a memorandum of understanding, MoU, with the hospitals involved on how the donation would be expended.
Ochoche disclosed that before coming to Kano, the team had visited 14 hospitals in the North-East.
“We have so far given out N240 million for the affected victims, including the N40m million given to the Kano hospitals,” he said.
Responding, Sani Mijinyawa, acting Chief Medical Director of AKTH, commended the federal government for the gesture and assured that the money would be used for the purpose it was given.
— Nov 30, 2015 @ 01:00 GMT
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