The Kano State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has distributed clothing materials to inmates at the three state children’s home for sallah festival.
The State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Dr Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, while distributing the clothes in Kano on Tuesday, describe the event as a rewarding gesture capable of attracting God’s favour to the government and the ministry.
Muhammad-Umar, represented by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Sa’adatu Sa’idu-Bala, said the beneficiaries were inmates at Nassarawa Children Home, Torry Home and Goron Dutse Remand Home.
The items distributed include: new set of clothes, pairs of shoes, boxers, vest, belts, jewelry, deodorants, caps and cosmetics.
She said the gesture was to make the inmates feel loved like other children and to put smiles on their faces.
Speaking on behalf of the officers incharge of the homes, Hajiya Aisha Sani-Kurawa,incharge of Nassarawa Children home, commended the state government’s untiring efforts for making life comfortable for the inmates.
