Gbagyi association empowers women

The Karu Gbagyi Development Association (KAGBADA), an umbrella body of the indigenous people of Karu in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the FCT, has disbursed N4 million to its indigent students learning in both secondary and tertiary institutions. The Chairman of KAGBADA, Mr Sumner Shagari Shambo, while speaking during the presentation of the scholarships […]

The Karu Gbagyi Development Association (KAGBADA), an umbrella body of the indigenous people of Karu in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the FCT, has disbursed N4 million to its indigent students learning in both secondary and tertiary institutions.

The Chairman of KAGBADA, Mr Sumner Shagari Shambo, while speaking during the presentation of the scholarships at the Jummai Aduda Youth Centre in Karu on Saturday, said the gesture was in celebration of the end of Year 2025 of the association.

Mr Sambo, said the association also disbursed N3m to women petty traders with the aim to empower them in order to enable them to become self-reliant.

He said the association decided to disbursed the scholarships students and empowered petty traders as a way of giving back to the society.

The KAGBADA chairman commended the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, for infrastructural development across Karu, even as he appealed to the FCT Administration (FCTA) to relocate the abattoir that had continued to pose health hazards to residents.

He also urged the FCTA to upgrade the Karu General Hospital that was built in 2006 and had remained dormant.

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 could develop when there was unity among the people irrespective of tribe, religion and ethnic affiliations.

In his remark, Mr Wike, represented by his Chief of Staff, Chris Amadi, commended the association for organising such an event and identifying with the less privileged and downtrodden.

He appreciated the Karu natives and their leaders for also identifying with his infrastructural development in Karu, even as he promised to provide more infrastructure that would impact their lives.

Highlights of the event were the presentation of awards of excellence to the minister, Senator Aduda, among personalities; as well as distribution of foodstuff to widows and the less privileged.