President of the Eighth Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has donated his severance allowance to the victims of insurgency in the North East among other persons.
The beneficiaries are the families of Leah Sharibu, the only Dapchi school girl remaining in the custody of the terrorists group, Boko Haram; Hussaini Ahmed Khoisan and Hauwa Liman, the two humanitarian workers kidnapped and killed by the terrorists.
Also to benefit from the generosity are the children of some late senators of the Eighth Assembly who might need support for the furtherance of their education.
The information are contained in a statement issued by Saraki’s media aide, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu.
Saraki said his decision was based on the need to support the victims as their cases were indeed touching.
According to him, they were some of the major issues debated in the Eighth Senate.
Specifically, Saraki said 20 per cent of the severance allowance should go to the family of Leah Sharibu while 20 per cent should go to the family of Hauwa Liman.
He said another 20 per cent should be given to the family of another aid worker, Hussaini Ahmed Khoisan.
Khoisan was also murdered by the terrorists.
The remaining 40 per cent, he stated, should be used by the National Assembly Management to set up a trust fund to support the education of the children of senators of the eighth assembly who died.
Said he: “It is my hope that this TRUST FUND should grow with more contributions from my dear colleagues, present, past and future, who may be moved to put in additional money into it.
“The Clerk of the National Assembly will immediately get an official letter from me mandating him to act as stated above on the disbursement of my Severance Allowance.”
