The Commander, Operation Safe Haven, Jos, Maj.-Gen. Abdulsalami Ibrahim, has distributed food items to 100 widows and Persons Living With Disabilities (PWDs) in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Distributing the items at the Forward Operation Base, Gwantu, Ibrahim said the gesture is aimed at ameliorating the condition of widows and PWDs in its host community.
According to him, the army will continue to render assistance to vulnerable people as a show of love, thereby strengthening Civil-Military relations.
“In all our endeavours, the role of the military cannot be overemphasized in supporting widows and the persons with disabilites.
“The widows and persons with disabilites form a part of our society that we cannot ignore.
“Some women are widows due to civil unrest, and for those with disabilities, some were born with it while others got it in the course of their life.“Yet, they still contribute a lot to the economic growth and national development of our nation,” he added.
He tasked the people to continue to provide the army with useful information on the activities of criminal elements in the area.
Earlier, the Commander, Forward Operation Base, Gwantu, Maj. Mohammed Galadima, said the beneficiaries were drawn from the four chiefdoms within the Local Government Area.
He thanked the communities in the area for their support to the Army in carrying out their duty seamlessly and solicited for more support to sustain the tempo.
In his remarks, the Uchu Ninzo, Dr. Umaru Musa, thanked the military for all the sacrifices it had been making to keep the peace in the area.
Musa reaffirmed the commitment of all the traditional leaders in the area to continue to support efforts of OPSH towards combating criminality.
Some of the beneficiaries who spoke to newsmen thanked the OPSH for alleviating their suffering.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the items distributed to the beneficiaries included bags of rice, packs of maggi and salt.
The event also witnessed the commissioning of the FOB Gwantu gate and remodelling of the quarter guard in the base by the Commander.
