I am really elated to witness this event and it has now become a challenge to me because by next year I will emulate the gesture by organising same in Jigawa
By Haruna Usman, Birnin Kebbi
Wife of Kebbi governor, Hajiya Nafisa Nasir Idris, on Friday distributed bags of rice and cash token to no fewer than five hundred women in Kebbi state.
The food items donation was organised by NANAS Foundation to support poor women at the holy month of Ramadan alongside lecture to prepare the women faithful on fasting rituals.
Famous women clerics were invited to deliver lectures on Ramadan fasting, Sheik Juwairiyya Bn Usman spoke on the effects of envy where she enumerated its negative effects on Muslim Ummah.
She said those envious of others are living in fear and lack peace of mind as they wish Allah’s blessings given to others vanish or return to them.
She admonished women to avoid envy as it can lead one to hellfire when he or she died before repenting.
Sheikh Zainab Mahmud daughter of famous Kano cleric, Sheikh Ja’afar delivered her lecture on oneness of God attributing partner to Allah is prohibited in Islam which she said part of it include patronising marabouts to seek help from them when one can pray to God to grant all his desires.
Earlier, in her submission, Jigawa first lady, Hajiya Amina Umar Namadi congratulated the wife of Kebbi governor for organising such a wonderful lecture with a timely empowerment to five hundred poor women who are in dire need of assistance.
“I am really elated to witness this event and it has now become a challenge to me because by next year I will emulate the gesture by organising same in Jigawa”.
In her closing remarks, the host and owner of the foundation, Hajiya Nafisa Idris thanked her guest who include wife of the deputy governor of Kebbi state, Maryam Umar Tafida and the representative of former Kebbi first lady, Zainab Bagudu.