Federal Government would
take full responsibility of settling medical bills of victims of Friday’s bomb
blasts at Nyanya and Kuje in Abuja according to Mohammed Buhari.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, said the multiple bombings unleashed on innocent residents at Kuje and Nyanya towns in Abuja by terrorists was not only condemnable, but also a call for communal vigilance by all residents.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, said the multiple bombings unleashed on innocent residents at Kuje and Nyanya towns in Abuja by terrorists was not only condemnable, but also a call for communal vigilance by all residents.
Governors elected on the
platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, also condemned the bombings,
describing it as cowardly, brutish and offensive to the collective well-being
of all Nigerians.
Similarly, President,
Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, condemned the
bomb attacks.
On the bills, President
Buhari gave the assurance while on a visit to the Trauma Centre of the National
Hospital, where the victims of the blasts were receiving treatment.
While wishing them speedy
recovery, the President, who was accompanied to the hospital by his personal
aides and Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, visited the intensive care
unit, the paediatric unit and general wards of the National Hospital.
He was, however, gree-ted
with the sight of a baby girl at the paediatric ward whose mother, Mrs. Deborah
Stephen, had broken into tears on seeing President Buhari.
She told the President that
the baby girl was shot by armed robbers who raided their home, adding that the
family could not afford the medical bills.
President Buhari directed
his Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari, to settle the medical bill of the girl,
which amounted to N268,790.
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