The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, in Tuesday, visited Kaduna to commiserate with victims of the accidental bomb at Tudun Biri in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Obi, who called for the establishment of a foundation to take care of the orphans and victims of the attack, made a personal donation of N3 million for the upkeep of the victims.
He also donated N1 million for the health workers working in the hospital while another N1m for miscellaneous in the hospital, making a total of N5m.
He explained that the N1 million donated to the hospital management was for the 1,000 health workers working in the hospital for taking care of the bomb victims.
According Obi, the orphans left behind should become the responsibility of the government.
Obi, who led a delegation to the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, to visit the victims, described the incident as “unfortunate” while calling on the federal government and security agencies to ensure that such incidents never occur again in the country.
He said, “bringing them (victims) and treating them in the hospital is one thing, but do we have the sustainable foundation to see especially the orphan children all through? We have somebody who lost 34 family members; do you know the trauma on that?
“The orphans, we must now join hands because they are now our children, our property; everybody must join hands to see them through. I, in particular, if I know the foundation is set up, I will contribute to it as long as it exists. It’s critical, it’s important.
“We are family; what happened might have happened somewhere where we think we are not from, but we are all family. I have always said the purpose of government is to take care of those in need.”
Our correspondent reports that the Kaduna State Government said the Nigerian Army claimed responsibility for dropping bomb on Tudun Biri which left no fewer than 100 villagers dead penultimate Sunday.
