Respite came yesterday (Friday), for Rahma Haruna, a limbless 19-year old
girl of Lahadin Makole in Dawakin Kudu local government area of Kano
state when the state Commissioner for Women Affair, Barr. Zubaida
Damakka Abubakar, presented empowerment to her family.
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Rahma, who has no functional limbs but tiny appendages in the position
of arms and legs, is being moved about in a synthetic washbasin by a
young cousin, to beg for alms in Kano city, about 26 kilometers from her
village. The earnings help in sustaining the family of four.
Her father, Haruna Muhammad said her challenge started when she was 6
months old and largely due to poverty, he could not take her for
specialized medical attention. He had sold his farm and personal
belongings but no progress was recorded in her treatment. At last, he
resigned to the sad fate, which many people in his community seem to
believe, that her condition is the handiwork of evil spirits.
While presenting the donation of empowerment items to the family, the
Commissioner of Women Affairs, Barr. Zubaida Damakka said the state
government is touched by the condition of the girl stressing that the
government would do all it could to see that Rahma does not feel
forsaken.
Items donated to the girl’s mother to start a business include 10 cartons of noodles, 2 bags of detergent, 10 cartons of biscuits, 2 bags of semovita, a bag of rice, a sack of soya bean, 2 gallons of cooking oil 25 liters each and the sum of twenty thousand naira.
Items donated to the girl’s mother to start a business include 10 cartons of noodles, 2 bags of detergent, 10 cartons of biscuits, 2 bags of semovita, a bag of rice, a sack of soya bean, 2 gallons of cooking oil 25 liters each and the sum of twenty thousand naira.
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