First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari, was on a mercy mission to Kaduna State where she distributed food items to hospital patients through her pet-project Future Assured.
The First Lady’s delegation on the mercy mission to Kaduna State on Tuesday.
The First Lady, in her goodwill message delivered by Mrs. Zainab Ikaz-Kassim, Special Assistant to the President on Domestic Affairs, (Office of the First Lady), said the visit was to show the most vulnerable in the society that the mother of the nation identified with them in their time of need.
Wife of the Governor of Kaduna State, who received the team said she was overwhelmed with the kind of gesture of the First Lady and for choosing Kaduna as one of the beneficiary states for the mercy outreach mission.
She was accompanied by the Commissioner for Health, Kaduna State, Hajiya Amina Mohammed.
The delegation of the First Lady was taken round the four hospitals by the wife of the governor, Hajiya Aisha Ummi El-rufai.
At Rigasa General Hospital, the delegation was received by the Acting Managing Director, Dr. Sule Mohammed, who took them round the wards where the food items were distributed to the patients.
St. Gerard’s hospital was also visited by the delegation and the same gesture was extended to them.
The delegation was received by a representative of the Chief Medical Director, Mr. Sunday Ali.
At Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, the delegation was received by the CMD Professor Musa Tabari.
At FOMWAN hospital, the Amira, Aishatu Isiyaka expressed her joy for the love and care the First Lady displayed for the unwell.
Among the First Lady’s delegation were Mrs. Hajiya Bilkisu Usman Halilu, Mrs. Aisha Bunu and Madam Rose Audu.
In the same vein, the First Lady’s team visited Suleja General Hospital in Niger State to distribute provisions and beverages to the sick and less-privileged people on Christmas day.
The delegation was received by the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Adedokun Adebayo Adekunle.
In her speech, head of the delegation, Mrs. Aisha Bunu said the aim of the visit was to identify with the sick and less-privileged and to give them a sense of belonging.
The Chief Medical Director conducted the delegation round the wards in the hospital for the distribution of items to the patients.
He expressed gratitude to the First Lady for being there for the patients in their time of need.
He said she had proven to Nigerians the true qualities of a mother.
According to him that was the first time they received the kind of gesture.
The delegation included Mrs. Maryam Hadi, Mrs. Aisha Bunu and other members of the Future Assured Mercy Mission.
