Foundation donates materials for cemeteries’ maintenance in Katsina

<p>A Special Adviser to the foundation, Alhaji Lawal Isa-Sullubawa, said they had been engaged in the programme for a long time.</p>, <span>Foundation donates materials for cemeteries’ maintenance in Katsina. NAN</span>, <h2>A Katsina State-based Non-Governmental Organisation, known as Mangal Foundation, has donated materials for the maintenance, repair and sanitation within cemeteries in the state.</h2>, <p>The Chairman of the Organising Committee for the distribution of the donation, Alhaji Bala Usman-Deda, distributed the materials on Saturday in Katsina and described the gesture as commendable.</p>, <p>He said that 27 graveyards would benefit from the foundation’s plan to repair and sanitise the cemeteries in different parts of the state.</p>, <p>Usman-Deda, however, said that the foundation was beginning with only eight at the moment.</p>, <p>He listed the benefitting cemeteries as Tsohuwn Danmarna, Sabuwar Danmarna, Dantakun, Abbatoir, Rimin Badawa, Tudun Yallifida, Medical Center and Sabon Gida Cemetery.</p>, <p>He said: “The foundation has assured us that any time we need something related to repairs of the graveyards and other needs there, we should always intimate it.</p>, <p>“With this kind of support, we are hoping that in the future we can also go beyond the graveyards within the town to those outside the metropolis.”</p>, <p>According to him, during the sanitation exercise, which commenced today, the committee will ensure that any grave that needs repair and drains will be attended to by the committee.</p>, <p>Also speaking, the Magajin Garin Katsina, Alhaji Aminu Abdulmumin-Kabir, said in the past years, such exercise was carried out through contribution realised from the public.</p>, <p>Abdulmumin-Kabir, represented by the Wakilin Kudu, Alhaji Abdu Iliyasu, said it was a good development to have a single person handling it.</p>, <p>He commended the gesture and called on other wealthy individuals in the state to emulate it, saying that God would reward them.</p>, <p>In a remark, a Special Adviser t