COVID-19: Global Peace Foundation Reaches 1,300 Kaduna Homes With Palliative Items

A non-governmental organisation, Global  Peace Foundation of Nigeria (GPF) said on Sunday that  it had distributed palliative to 1,300 households within one week in Kaduna State.

The items distributed included beans, garri (cassava flakes), maize flour, rice and Dettol soap.

Country’s Director or the Foundation, Rev. John Hayab made the disclosure while  distributing  palliative to Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) and Christan Association  of Nigeria (CAN) Kaduna chapters in Kaduna.

Hayab mentioned Mando, Mararaba Rido, Kajuru and Kaninkon as additional communities that  benefited from the palliative within the week in review.

“With the 700 food and other items distributed  within  the week and 600 been distributed to JNI and CAN today, Global Peace Foundation  has touched 1,300 households  as part of our contribution to alleviate  hardship people face due to COVID-19 pandemic.

“We are one Family  Under  One God, so we need to help  the needy, especially with the lockdown due to Coronavirus pandemic.

“We are also here to support  government  effort in addressing  some of the  challenges of the lockdown”, he added.

He called on all faith groups to come together  to support  government in the fight against the pandemic, charging the JNI to reach out to the needy and ensure that people observe the social protocol as enunciated by the National  Center for Disease  Control (NCDC).

Receiving  the palliative, the Kaduna  State Secretary of JNI, Malam Ibrahim Kufena, appreciated the efforts  of the Foundation and assured that the palliative would be distributed justly  to 300 households of the needy.

The Northern Coordinator of GPF, Sheik  Haliru  Maraya, who handed the palliative to CAN officials, urged them to give it out to needy persons around them.

The Vice Chairperson  Kaduna State CAN, Rev. Christ Angeer appreciated the NGO for the palliative, saying that it would  get to the 300 households.