By Mohammed Baba Busu
The Chief Press Secretary to the Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, has donated cash and food items worth N3.2 million to widows and vulnerable in Bida Emirate of Niger.
It would be recalled that CPS Idris provided the gesture to the beneficiaries under his Ahmed Idris Media Aide Foundation at wadata palace in Bida.
The items were distributed to the beneficiaries in commemoration of the 72nd birthday and 21st year anniversary of the 13th Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar
About 130 widows and vulnerable persons got N5,000 and a bag of either 5kg rice or millet each under the largesse.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Etsu Nupe and Chairman, Niger Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, commended the donor for the invaluable gesture, describing Idris as a “true and proud son of kin Nupe”.
The Etsu Nupe said that the gesture came at a better time when majority of Nigerians were finding it hard to provide food on the for their respective families.
The First class traditional ruler urged other indigenes of Nupe kingdom to emulate the chief press secretary and extend their hands of support to the less privileged people in the society, so as to alleviate their sufferings.
He explained that the wealth bestowed on individuals by Almighty Allah is meant to be shared and not hoarded.
The Etsu Nupe therefore stressed the need for wealthy Nupes to always assist their less privileged brothers and sisters, to alleviate their suffering.
He also called on Nupes at home and in the Diaspora to be united for the development of the area.
“It is only when the people of the domain are united that we can forge ahead and foster the socioeconomic development of Nupe kingdom, Niger State and indeed Nigeria.
“We must all unite to bring speedy development to Kin Nupe and to as well attract good things to the area,” he said.
Abubakar described Idris’s appointment as the chief spokesman to the Kebbi State Governor, Mr Nasir Idris, outside his own state as a complete indication of his honesty and sincerity in the discharge of his professional conducts as a journalist.
“For the governor to single you out of many indigenous journalists in Kebbi state to appoint you as his press secretary, is an indication of the confidence he has on you.
“So my passionate request from you is that continue to be a good ambassador of Nupe kingdom in Kebbi state so that the entire Nupe nation will be proud of you at all times,” he charged.
The traditional ruler lauded the governor, the people of Kebbi state and the Gwandu Emirate council for the confidence they reposed on his son from the Nupe land and from Bida Emirate, noting that the appointment is a complete indication of the existing brotherliness between the two emirates.
Speaking earlier, Idris lauded the governor for the confidence reposed on him to serve as his spokesperson, assuring that he will not disappoint him.
The CPS, while congratulating the Etsu Nupe on behalf of his boss and people of the state on his 21 year anniversary on the throne of his forefathers and 72nd birthday, assured that he would not disappoint the Etsu Nupe.
The CPS recalled the powerful delegations Etsu Nupe sent to his boss to appreciate him for the appointment.
”Since I went to Kebbi State as a state correspondent of a national newspaper, I have established a good working relationship with the governor right from his days as a labour leader.
”Also, Your Royal Highness, my appointment as the Chief Press Secretary will not be complete without thanking you for the royal blessings I received from you in your palace.
”Which informed my reason of bringing down my appointment letter to you for your further royal blessing which you blessed.
”Let me assure you, Your Royal Highness, I will not disappoint you and the entire Nupe Kingdom and Bida Emirate council. Let me also use this opportunity to inform you that the Nupe community in Kebbi state are living in peace with their host.”
He explained that his foundation was aimed at improving the well-being of the less privileged, vulnerable and widows in kin Nupe for them to cushion the hardship in the country.
NAN
