A Non Governmental Organization, UMAR KASHE KWABO, in Gwale local Government Area of Kano State, has sponsored the circumcision of no fewer than 50 children of some indigent parents in the area.
The circumcision was conducted at the Gwale primarily Health Care centre, located near the Hisba office in the metropolis.
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The Coordinator of the NGO, Alhaji Umar Kashe Kwabo, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the gesture was part of the organisation’ s activities to support poor
parents who don’t have the wherewithal to sponsor the circumcision of their male children.
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He said the beneficiaries (children) were also given drugs and other medicaments after the exercise.
“The decision to sponsor the exercise is borne out of our commitment to support the less privileged parents especially the poorest of the poor among them in this direction,” he said.
According to him, the organization had also distributed exercise books and uniform to some pupils in Gwale area as part of effort to support parents in providing instructional materials to their children.
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One of the parents, Malam Sagir, who expressed his happiness over the gesture, urged well-to-do individuals in the state to emulate the NGO, by assisting the less privileged persons in the society.
“Anybody who assisting the poor God will definitely replenish whatever he gives as charity,” he said.
