By Israel Bulus, Kaduna
Groups under the auspices of Divas for SMK and Influencers for SMK have on Saturday presented gifts to Rafiki Orphanage Home, Ungwan Rimi, and ECWA Widows Training School in Samaru Kataf, all in Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State to commemorate the 63rd birthday of the Kaduna South Senator-elect, Bar. Sunday Marshall Katung.
Speaking to the celebrant via telephone conversation, Katung said: ” ldentifying with the less privileged on my birthday is a ritual. I feel it is important to give every member of the society a sense of responsibility and community.”
“Everyday, these set of people go through herculean tasks, ranging from hunger and lack of basic necessities of life. It behoves on us to take care of them in providing them with succour.”
” I will continue in that direction, while i urged like-minds to join me in putting smiles on the faces of these vulnerable people,” Katung appealed.
The Executive Chairman of Zango-Kataf LGA, Hon Francis Sani Zimbo who also donated money and gifts at the occasion, pour encomium on the groups behind the initiative.
“I want to appreciate you for your kind gesture, because it is not easy to mobilize resources under the present economic hardship and support the needy. I must confess that really I’m touched beyond imagination. I pray that God will reward you in return,” Sani said.
Hon. Sani Zimbo who represented the Senator-elect, noted that Barr Marshall Katung has made it a norm to always celebrate his birthday with the Rafiki Orphanage home in Ungwan Rimi, ECWA Widows Training School all in the Local Government Area and other needy as a way of appreciating God’s blessings over his life .
He challenged other well to do people in the Zone and Southern Kaduna region to emulate the kind gesture of the Senator-elect towards the vulnerable people in their Communities.
” It is very important for us as a people to begin to think toward what we can do for humanity in alleviating their plight.”
Speaking while presenting the gift items, leader of the support groups, Comrade Zakka Junior, said they decided to buy and donate the materials to the Ecwa Widows Training School and Rafiki Orphanage Home as a way of showing support and solidarity to their leader and Senator-elect, Barr Katung, whom they considered so dear to their hearts.
” We’re here to show solidarity for his magnanimity towards the less privileged which he has been doing even before he was elected Senator of the Zone.
” Even though, we’re aware that we cannot solve all their problems but with the little one it can be able to alleviate their sufferings.”
PUNCH reports that the items donated to the Orphanage Home were; 10 Bags of Rice, 4 25 litres of Palm oil, one Groundnut oil, 5 packs of Maggi, 50Kg of Sugar, Omo, Soup and Izal while the Ecwa Widows Training School received two Industrial Straight Sewing machines, one Weaving Machine, ordinary Sewing Machine, One Hisense Freezer, Sugar, Flour, salt, Groundnut oil Izal including cash to their staff.
