Ramadan/Lent: Diaulhaq Supports 12,000 Muslims, Christians, Distributes Food Items
Hanny Henry, Yola
Diaulhaq Abubakar, a philanthropist and entrepreneur, has launched an extensive humanitarian initiative aimed at supporting no fewer than 12,000 residents of Adamawa State with food supplies and cash assistance during the Ramadan and Lent seasons.
The intervention is designed to reach both Muslim and Christian communities, reinforcing unity and shared compassion during the sacred periods.
Abubakar, who also serves as President of Blue Community Africa, a foundation he established to provide humanitarian aid, skills acquisition, and life-support programs to the underprivileged, explained that the initiative is driven by his commitment to fulfilling God’s command to care for the less privileged, especially during spiritually significant times.
He further disclosed that thousands of families have already benefited from the distribution of food items and financial support, which began at the start of Ramadan and Lent approximately ten days ago.
Abubakar noted that items being distributed include Rice, sugar, Maggi and cash incentives to the beneficiaries so that they will also observe the acts of worship in a convivial atmosphere especially considering the inclement economic situation of poor families.
He noted that over the years, his foundation has equipped thousands of beneficiaries with life skills in the areas of agriculture, ICT, painting and educational pursuit.
The philanthropist said the move is aimed at nipping poverty and shoring up productivity along critical windows of human capital development cutting across all demographic strata. He noted that in the present age of hyper-technology, a country that aspires to progress will not emphasize white collar jobs at the expense of blue collar jobs.
”We are not only dishing out material empowerment but we do skills training and sensitization. A lot of those we trained have acquired talents and doing excellently well in their various callings.
”We are placing a lot of priorities on skills. We have partnered with Indian institute of technology Madras to see how we can engage in knowledge transfer. We have partnered Modibbo Adama University so that we can leverage on the platform to provide lot of skills when it comes to training on any vocation,” he said.
