Leaders and Residents of Katagum local government area of Bauchi state have commended a Malaysia based foundation known as ‘YayaSan Budi Ihsan’ for providing assistance to them during the recent sallah festival.
Speaking with our correspondent Thursday, the residents said the assistance given by the organization included hundreds of rams and goats that was distributed to over 1, 000 people in the area.
One of the beneficiaries, Abubakar Alhassan said that the beneficiaries were widows and very poor people noting that the gesture had helped them to celebrate sallah with comfort like other well to do muslims.
Another beneficiary, Sani Usman said the gesture had put smiles on their faces and other less privileged in the area at the season.
Also some of the community leaders in the local government commended the organization for the gesture saying that it had gone a long way in giving succor to the needy.
On his part, representative of the foundation in katagum local government area of Bauchi state and chairman of the distribution committee Dr Badamasi Imam Ya’u explained that 4,000 cows and 2,000 goats were slaughtered by the foundation and shared to the needy in Abuja, Borno, Bauchi, Taraba, Gombe, Kaduna, Kwara, Osun, Oyo, Ogun and Lagos states this year.
