Woman Bursts Into Tears Upon Touching N20k For The First Time

Woman Bursts Into Tears Upon Touching N20k For The First Time

Ordinarily, she was supposed to be elated, being among the few that had been reached with the N20, 000 palliative from the Federal Government to alleviate COVID-19 sufferings.

But upon receiving the stipend, the 70 year old widow burst into tears, overwhelmed by emotions she could not even hold the money herself.

Identified as Mariam Isibu, she lives in Aujara, in the Jahun Local Government area of Jigawa State, and had obviously seen hard times, and possibly written off herself.

Not just that she is a widow, she is also a grandmother who may be shouldering some other responsibilities. Possibly, she had hoped in the past for this kind of succor from government after government and it never materialised.

So, when her name was called out as a recipient of the N20,000 cash from the Federal Government officials who were in the state to give stipends to the poor and vulnerable under conditional cash transfer of the social security programme, her emotions tipped and her tears flowed freely.

A report from Nation said Mari Isibu was so broken she had to be taken to a nearby shelter and consoled by the officials.

“I never in my life own such an amount, in fact, I’ve never seen talk less of owning such an amount until today”, she was reported as saying upon regaining some composure.

The grandmother commended President Buhari, initiating conditional cash transfer programme.

She said she had raised all her children alone since the death of her husband decades ago. Sadly, she lost her child seven years ago, and has been left to be taken care of by her grandchildren who are also indigent.

She said; “tried as I could, I never at any time held N20,000 before. I don’t have child, it is my grandchildren that are taking care of me, they too are poor, so I don’t have anybody that can give me such money at once,this gesture is unprecedented in my life.”

Also speaking, Hajia Kubura Umar, a 45 year-old housewife in Ciromawa village of Kafin Hausa Local Government said, the money will change her economic status and that of her family.

She said, she will use N10,000 as capital for her bean cake (Kosai) business,and will buy food stuffs with the remaining N10,000 to complement the feeding of their children in this period of stay-at-home.