Credits: Yadoma Bukar Mandara.
My Name is Yadoma Mandara,if they shoot me on Friday..Pls do not stop protesting #OccupyNigeria #Kaduna #Abuja #Kano #Everywhere
But she is not all beauty and activism alone, she is also a graduate of environmental biology (University of Maiduguri, 2010). Oh, did I also tell you she is an avid football fan? Concerning the national conference, she said:
As a delegate to the National Conference – the youngest
of them all, I am humbled to be part of the process of making my country
better, I am willing to make modest sacrifices so that my generation
and generation yet unborn can live in a better country.
The Federal Government has rationalized that delegates should be paid sitting allowances, in all honesty I am modestly comfortable and able to cater for my immediate needs. Some of my colleagues have indicated their intention not to receive the money which in itself is a pointer to the fact that we still have men and women with high redeeming qualities among us. However, I am not unmindful of the appalling poverty and great need that exists where I come from and the people I represent.
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We have a situation where widows and orphans have been
abandoned by society, these are individuals made vulnerable by the
insurgency. They have no idea how to pay the school fees of their
children and wards, and how to eat at least once a day. We have a
scenario where things we take for granted mean the world to others
- physically challenged people who will never be able to afford wheel
chairs and thousands of people who can’t afford medical care because
they are poor and have been injured by terrorists. I want them to
consider my sitting allowance as a gift to them and humanity.
Credits: Yadoma Bukar Mandara.
I do not do this for praise nor to look good in the eyes
of the society, I am doing this because it is the right thing to do. I
have received my first payment which is the sum of 1,460,000
naira yesterday evening (21st March 2014) from the National Conference. I
hereby pledge to use my allowances as a seed grant and start a
foundation that will cater for vulnerable women especially widows and
children in Borno State, if you understand their hopeless and helpless
state in Borno State and Northern Nigeria in general you will support me in this new drive to put a smile on their faces.
Yadoma Bukar Mandara.
For those interested in reaching her:
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Yadomah
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Yadomah
BLOG: http://yadomah.blogspot.com/
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