The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has donated food items worth N50 million to 500 women at selected Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camps in Kaduna State.
ASUU’s gesture was aimed at identifying with the poor and the downtrodden in line with the union’s constitution.
The National President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, announced the donation on Thursday during the inauguration of the distribution at the IDP Camp located at Giwa Local Government Secretariat in Giwa, Kaduna State.
The union budgeted over N50 million to support the IDPs in the northwest states including; Kaduna, Sokoto, Kano, Kebbi and Zamfara.
Osodeke, through his representative at the event, Abdulkadir Mohammed, ASUU Zonal Coordinator for Northwest Zone said:
“We have noted that there are a lot of things wrong in this country including; social and economic crisis and those who suffer the brunt most especially are the displaced persons due to banditry and insecurity.
“Unfortunately, this situation is nationwide and not restricted to Kaduna State.
“The union felt that there was need to identify with them and we budgeted over N50 million to support the IDPs in the northwest states including; Kaduna, Sokoto, Kano, Kebbi and Zamfara.
“Nigerians are suffering, not only the IDPs but even salary earners.
“The union is identifying with the masses in spite the fact that the government has stopped our salary since the past eight months but didn’t deter us from helping the most vulnerable.”
