Gov Yusuf offers additional N130m
From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has donated the sum of ₦110 million to the families of the 22 Kano athletes who lost their lives in a road crash earlier this year.
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A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, said each family received ₦5 million through the First Lady’s intervention under the Victim Support Fund aimed at easing the burden of loss and supporting their recovery.
In a similar gesture, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf also provided an additional ₦130 million, with each of the ten injured athletes receiving ₦2 million and a plot of land while the families of the deceased got an additional N5 million each.
Earlier, the state had donated an initial ₦22 million with ₦1 million given to each bereaved families and N500,000 each of the injured persons shortly after the accident.
Yusuf expressed deep appreciation to the First Lady, describing her intervention as “aclear demonstration of compassion, leadership, and shared humanity.”
He noted that her support has significantly complemented the state’s efforts in standing with the victims’ families during their moment of grief.
Other notable donations according to the statement included Ogun State Government, ₦32 million; Jigawa State Government, ₦20 million and Sagir Koki – ₦2.2 million
The statement held that altogether, the total financial support extended to the victims and their families reached ₦321.2 million, alongside 30 bags of rice and housing plots.
Governor Yusuf also announced the renaming of the Kano Sports Institute in Karfi to “Kano 22 Athletes Institute”, as a lasting tribute to the deceased athletes, the statement added.
To ensure fair Islamic inheritance distribution, Sharia courts have been assigned to oversee the disbursement of ₦6,709,375 to each of the 22 families for the first trench.
Speaking on behalf of the bereaved families, Baffa Indabawa, chairman of the victims’ relatives, thanked both the First Lady and the Kano State Government for “a deeply consoling and dignified response” to their tragedy.
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