All the 109 Nigerian Senators have resolved to donate their December salaries, amounting to N109 million to victims of the December 3 military drone mishap in Tudun Biri, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The military drone operation mistakenly killed 85 civilians who gathered for a religious celebration in the community.
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Deputy President of Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, in the person of Ismail Mudashir,
announced the donation today, December 10, in Abuja.
He said that Senator Barau announced the donation at the Kaduna State Government House when he led a Senate delegation to commiserate with the state government and the people of the State.
Mudashir quoted Barau as saying that the money would be sent to Governors Uba Sani, who received the delegation, for onward delivery to the victims.
He said that Governor Sani thanked the senators for their kind gesture.
Mudashir listed the delegation to include the Majority leader, Senator Micheal Bamidele; the Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume; Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro and the Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Kamorudeen Olalere.
Others were Senator Abdulhamid Malam-Madori, Senator Aliyu Bilbis, Senator Ibrahim Bomoi, Senator Ibrahim Lamido, Senator Abdulaziz Yar’Adua, Senator Victor Umeh, Senator Muntari Dandutse, Senator Lawal Usman and Senator Emmanuel Udende.
Mudashir said that the senators also visited the Barau Dikko Hospital where survivors of the accident were receiving treatment.
Source: NAN.
