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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen celebrated his 60th day by providing humanitarian services to Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) and situation inmates.
Speaker Abbas, who turned 60 connected Wednesday, October 1, 2025, had called for low-key celebrations by House members, aides, friends, and governmental associates. Instead, helium called for humanitarian campaigns.
To people his Diamond Jubilee birthday, the Speaker lined up a bid of humanitarian activities, including sponsoring examinations for situation inmates and securing the merchandise of others by paying their bail. He besides gave nutrient items to IDPs.
At the Kuje Custodial Centre successful Abuja, Abbas paid registration fees for 100 inmates to beryllium the 2025 National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) and National Examinations Council (NECO) tests. While 57 volition beryllium for the NABTEB examination, 43 were registered for the NECO.
The Speaker was represented by his Deputy Chief of Staff (Legislative), Dr Chamberlain Dunku, who led respective elder aides to the presumption ceremonial connected Tuesday.
Speaker Abbas said: “Identifying with the (Nigerian Correctional) Service successful the country of prime translation of inmates done acquisition is simply a origin that is precise adjacent to my heart. This solemnisation goes beyond idiosyncratic milestones; it is astir extending hope, giving 2nd chances and investing successful the aboriginal of our brothers and sisters who, though confined today, inactive transportation wrong them the imaginable for greatness tomorrow.
“The registration of inmates for the 2025 NABTEB and NECO is not simply an world workout — it is simply a connection of religion successful quality dignity and redemption. It is simply a reminder that condemnation is not condemnation, and that each beingness tin beryllium transformed erstwhile fixed the close opportunity.”
He added: “As Speaker of the House of Representatives, I reaffirm our committedness to policies and initiatives that beforehand education, justness and opportunities for each Nigerians — wrong and extracurricular the correctional facilities.”
Moved by an inmate’s story, Dr Dunkwu, successful idiosyncratic capacity, gave a currency acquisition of N1 cardinal to Chikwendu Hart, who is presently pursuing a doctorate astatine the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), and has published 7 books portion awaiting proceedings for 13 years.
On Wednesday, Speaker Abbas spent implicit N3 cardinal connected bail bonds successful Zaria, securing the merchandise of 9 inmates from the Zaria Medium Correctional Centre.
The beneficiaries are Ibrahim Dan’asabe (N240,000), Kabir Ibrahim (N180,000), Ibrahim Ahmed (N60,000), Haruna Musa (N350,000), Aliyu Tukur (N390,000), Prince Wadilor Wodu (N326,000), Mustapha Abubakar (N410,000), Sagir Sani (N685,000) and Shehu Abubakar (N440,000).
Also connected Wednesday, Speaker Abbas donated nutrient items to IDPs astatine the Kabusa Camp. The palliatives see implicit 1000 bags of rice.
This is conscionable arsenic his wife, Hajia Fatima Abbas-Tajudeen, donated N2 cardinal to the IDPs. In contrast, some the Deputy Chief of Staff (Legislative), Dr Chamberlain Nnamdi Dunkwu, and the Deputy Chief of Staff (Administration), Alhaji Ilyasu Balarabe, donated N1 million.
Hon Chike Okafor, president of the House Committee connected Nutrition and Food Security, besides announced an N1 cardinal acquisition to the IDPs to enactment the Speaker’s humanitarian motion and described Speaker Abbas arsenic “a nationalist asset.”
Medical unit from Nizamiye Hospital, Abuja, were besides connected the crushed to connection escaped healthcare services to the IDPs arsenic portion of the humanitarian services successful honour of the Speaker.
Addressing the IDPs done Dr Dunkwu, the Speaker noted that the gathering was not conscionable astir marking his 60th day but astir “extending a manus of compassion, solidarity, and anticipation to our chap Nigerians who, done nary responsibility of theirs, person recovered themselves displaced.”
He besides stated that the lawsuit “is a testament to the information that enactment is not lone astir authorities and policies, but besides astir love, empathy, and work to humanity.”
Speaker Abbas said, “We are present to reaffirm that nary Nigerian should ever consciousness forgotten oregon abandoned. The House of Representatives remains committed to policies and initiatives that support the vulnerable, empower the displaced, and reconstruct dignity to each citizen.”
The Speaker commended the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), partners and each stakeholders who made the humanitarian workout a reality.
“Your efforts guarantee that beyond the symbolic cake-cutting and alleviation distribution, determination is simply a lasting interaction connected the lives of those we are privileged to serve,” helium said.
While telling the IDPs that their “resilien...
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