Karu natives disburses N4m scholarships to students, empowers women
By Sadiq Abubakar, Abuja
The Karu Gbagyi Development Association (KAGBADA) an umbrella body of the indigenous people of Karu in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has disbursed a sum of N4 million to indigents students learning at both secondary and tertiary institutions in the area.
Chairman of KAGBADA, Mr Sumner Shagari Shambo, while speaking during the presentation of the scholarships to the students at Jummai Aduda Youth Centre in Karu on Saturday, said the gesture was in celebration of the end of year 2025 of the association.
Sambo, also disbursed a sum of N3 milion to women, which he said were petty traders, which he said was aimed at empowering the women in order to enable them engaged in petty trading so that they became self reliance.
He said the association decided to disbursed the scholarships students and empowered petty traders as a way of giving back to the society.
According to him, the association decided to designed three programmes, which he said comprised of scholarships, empowerment of women and artisans, saying people cannot continue to depend on government alone.
The KAGBADA chairman commended the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike for infrastructural development across Karu, even as he appealed to the FCT administration to relocate the abattoir that has continued to posed to the health hazard of residents of Karu and its environs.
“The Abattoir in Karu here is in the middle of the community whereby it had continued to posed a serious health hazard to residents of Karu and its environs due to its unhygienic state,’ he said.
He urged the FCT administration to upgrade the Karu general hospital that was built since 2006 by the former FCT Minister Mal Nasir El- Rufai, which he said has not been functional.
He said most patients go to Asokoro and Maitama general hospitals to seek for medical treatment.
Also speaking, the majority leader of the 9th senate, Senator Philip Aduda, stressed for unity among natives of Karu and other residents of the area, saying society can develop when there is unity among the people irrespective of tribe, religion and ethnic affiliation.
In his remark, the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, represented by his chief of staff Chris Amadi commended the association for organising such an event and indentifying with the less privileges and the downtrodden.
He appreciated the Karu natives and their leaders for also indentifying with his infrastructural development in Karu even as he promised to provide more infrastructure that will impact their lives.
Our correspondent report that highlights of the event were the presentation of an award of excellence to the minster, senator Philip Aduda and among among personalities as well as distribution of food stuffs to widows and the less privileges by the association.
