In a bid towards achieving their nonprofit charity
outreach which mostly has to do with the vulnerable,
IDPs and less privileged, the President of the
Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association
(NAOWA) and wife of the Chief of Army Staff Mrs.
Umma Kalsum Tukur Buratai, today January 21st
visited Taraba state.
She was received by Her Excellency, Barr. Anna
Dickson Ishaku, wives of Local Government
Chairmen, female Commissioners, Special Advisers,
Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants, and
wives of other top government functionaries.
In her welcoming speech at Hope Afresh
Foundation, Barr. Anna Ishaku spoke on behalf of
Taraba state women saying Mrs. Umma is well
received in the state and promised to flame up
NAOWA’s vision in the state while in her absence.
Responding on behalf of NAOWA, Mrs. Umma
explained that one of their purpose of coming has to
do with the recent Lassa fever outbreak and other
health related challenges faced by the state.
Similarly, on a courtesy call to the Federal Medical
Centre, Jalingo alongside wife of the Executive
Governor, Barr. Anna Ishaku, who was received by
the Medical Director, Dr. Yunus Wiza, the President
of NAOWA, Mrs. Umma Tukur stretched her arm of
love to the patients in the hospital as one of the
mission of NAOWA’s outreach in the country.
Distributing gifts and items to patients, Mrs. Umma
Tukur stressed the need for good health in a society
of which Taraba is not left behind.
Speaking to our correspondence on the Internally
Displayed Persons (IDPs) in the state Mrs Umma
Tukur said that modalities will be put in place to
ensure that IDPs are always remembered when she
meets with Her Excellency the First Lady, Mrs.
Aisha Buhari.
Responding to the courtesy call the Chief Medical
Director of the Federal Medical Centre Jalingo, Dr.
Yunus Wiza appreciate NAOWA and Her Excellency
for the efforts to make sure that patients are being
provided with good health facility. Dr. Yunus Wiza
also led them into some wards in the hospital.