Members of Northern Caucuses in the House of Representatives have visited the Tudun Biri community in Igabi LGA of Kaduna State “accidentally” bombed by the Nigerian Army.
This was disclosed by the Chairman of Caucuses, Alhassan Ado Doguwa in a statement on Monday.
He stated, “Members of the Northern Caucus of the House of Representatives, have condemned in the strongest terms, the recent regrettable incident that occurred at Tudun Biri community of Igabi LGA of Kaduna State.
“Against the backdrop of such unshakable recurrent mishaps, the Caucus has resolved to pay a condolence visit to commiserate with the Government, the leaders of Tudun Biri community, Monday 11th November, 2023 to commiserate with survivors of the unfortunate incident.
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“The visit was aimed at securing first hand insights of what actually transpired and enable it to garner useful information with a view to forestalling future occurrence.
“The Caucus has announced a monetary donation of Mr Speaker and that of the Northern Regional Caucus of the Federal House of Representatives amounting to the Sum of N45 million cash.
“The Northern Caucus is to provide for various developmental projects ranging from the provision of health care facilities, blocks of classrooms, water boreholes and a community town hall worth 350m Naira to support the Federal Government efforts in rebuilding the community”.
The caucus commended the charitable commitment of the Nigerian military and other security agencies for their patriotic commitments to combat the upsurge of insurgency, banditry and other criminal activities that plagued some parts of the country.
It also commended the Tinubu led federal government for promptly reaching out to victims and for taking charge of the victims’ welfare.