By Angela AtaboThe Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) in collaboration with Near  Foundation, an NGO, has distributed meat to 150 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir.

The beneficiaries were selected from Waru and Yimuthu IDP camps in the nation’s capital.

Hajiya Fatima Ibrahim, Head, Relief and Rehabilitation, FEMD, said during the distribution of three kilogrammes of meat to each of the IDPs, that the gesture was to show love to vulnerables people.

Ibrahim said that the annual gesture, being facilitated by Near Foundation, was part of efforts to leave no one behind during Sallah celebrations.

She thanked NEAR Foundation for the commitment to reach out to the less privileged in the society.

“We are doing this to show the IDPs that FEMD and Near Foundation love and care for them.

“I called on well-to-do Nigerians to emulate the kind gesture and reach out to people in need,” she said.

Earlier, the Project Manager of the foundation, Mr Aliyu Harande, said that the Sallah meat package was to give back to the society.

‘There are so many people that cannot afford food to eat, water to drink or meat to cook during festive season.

“Nigerians should always look out for such people and extend a hand of love and compassion.

“Yes, we have given them meat, but it is not enough. Meat will finish after a day or two,” Harande said.

An IDP in Waru camp, Ms  Leilatu Abubakar, thanked FEMD and the foundation for remembering and reaching out to them.

Another IDP, Mrs Christy Dauda, thanked the organisers for remembering them and called on other Nigerians to emulate the gesture.

“I cannot remember the last time I ate meat but today I have meat and I thanked all those who provided it for us.

“May God bless them,” she said. (NAN)

Edited by Modupe Adeloye and Philip Yatai