The media aide to a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Turaki Hassan, has said the former speaker has spent about N300m to cater for the needs of Internally Displaced Persons, widows, orphans and indigent students.
Hassan in a statement on Monday said his principal disclosed this at the closing ceremony of the President’s Inter-Secondary Schools debate in Abuja, adding that the money was realised in December 2017 during his 50th birthday anniversary. Hassan Quoted Dogara as saying, “At my 50th birthday event, I promised that all funds generated from my biography launch will go to charity. I am happy to report that I have kept my word.
“About N300m of my biography proceeds have been invested in education and to provision of palliatives to Internally Displaced Persons. “Right now, we have students studying abroad and thousands in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Most of these students are from indigent families who cannot afford the cost of educating their wards at any level.
Oga ju.