The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has disclosed that over 3000 persons with disabilities would benefit from the ongoing palliative items of the administration to cushion the effect of sit-at-home order.
FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, who made the revelation Monday, said all segment of the society would be carried along in the distribution of the palliative items.
Aliyu, used the occasion to inaugurate a nine-man committee on COVID-19 palliative distribution to persons with disabilities across the six area councils in the territory.
Presenting the items to the group in Abuja, the Minister, advised the beneficiaries to take one set of the palliatives at a time and ensure that the items are distributed to all affected persons, adding that the administration would come back for a second phase.
Aliyu also called on representative of each group not to deprive anyone of the benefit to partake in the palliative or abuse the trust vested upon them, adding that the group should pray for the safety and wellbeing of the country.
Receiving the items on behalf of the group, chairman of People Living With Disabilities in the FCT, Suleiman Abdulmumin, thanked the administration for including them as beneficiaries of the palliatives.
Also speaking, a representative of Network of Women Living With Disabilities in the FCT and a member of the distribution committee, Hon. Lois Auta, noted that the palliatives was one way of showing that the administration has the group at heart, adding that the committee would ensure that the items are distributed according to directives of the FCT Administration.
Items donated include 3,000 bags of 5kg of rice and 3,000 bags of condiments. A bag of condiment contains 3kg of semovita, 10 sachets of tomato pastes, one litre of groundnut oil, 3kg bag of garri, and 3kg of beans, salt and sugar.
