ASUU The organization donated N50 million worth of food items to women in IDP camps, including those in Kaduna.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has donated food items worth N50 million to 500 women at selected Internally Displaced (IDP) Camps in Kaduna State. The gesture was made in a bid to support the poor and downtrodden in line with the union’s constitution.

During the inauguration of the distribution at the IDP camp located at Giwa Local Government Secretariat in Giwa, Kaduna State, the National President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed that the union budgeted over N50 million to support IDPs in the northwest states, including Kaduna, Sokoto, Kano, Kebbi, and Zamfara. He noted that the situation of banditry and insecurity is a nationwide problem, which has led to economic and social crises. As a result, the union felt it was necessary to identify with the most vulnerable, the displaced persons, who have suffered the most.

Mr. Osodeke said that the union’s intervention was targeted towards women and children, who are the most vulnerable. He highlighted that the government should pay attention to the plight of the people, including salary earners, who are suffering. The union’s intervention demonstrates its commitment to identifying with the masses, in spite of the fact that the government has stopped their salary for the past eight months.

The president of ASUU also urged the government to develop policies that would improve the lives of the masses, especially those at the grassroots level. The chairman of Giwa Local Government Council, Shehu Giwa, represented by Usman Zubeiru, Director of Social Development of the Council, described the gesture as heartwarming, saying the palliatives came at the right time. He added that the state and federal governments, as well as non-governmental organizations, had extended their respective support towards the plight of the IDPs in the area.

Over 500 women drawn from Giwa, Chikun, and Kajiru LGAs benefited from the food donation by ASUU. Rikaiya Aliyu, a beneficiary, lauded ASUU for the support and prayed that the same gesture be extended to other IDPs across the state.