‘MMM-Nigeria’ community donates relief materials worth N5m to IDPs in Abuja

'MMM-Nigeria', a community of mutual financial aid and donations, on
Saturday donated relief materials worth N5 million to two Internally
Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the Federal Capital Territory.The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports thatthe gesture was part of the
community's humanitarian week tagged 'MMM cares' to mark its one year
anniversary.The Gwoza and Bama IDPCamp located in Durumi area and the
New Kuchingoro IDP camp were the two beneficiariesof the relief
materials.Bags of rice, beans, garri, as well as cartoons of beverages
and noodles, were some of the items donated by the group.The group
also donated clothing, drugs, and educational materials for the pupils
among them.Mr Seyi Bello, a Guilder in the 'MMM Community' said the
donation was motivated by the desire ofthe group to affect the society
positively, especially the less-privileged."We are marking our first
year anniversary and we have decided to come and celebrate it with our
brothers, mothers and children in the camp."As a community, we do not
only provide help to our members, we also extend that to the larger
society as part of our social responsibility."In these times of
economic challenges, the IDPs are the ones that need help and support
more than any other person; that is why we visited them today," he
said.Bello explained that besides providing help and donations to its
members, humanitarian service was a flagship programme of the group.He
said that the relief items were bought from free-will donations of
members in their quest totouch lives positively.He said: "The N5
million was raised from voluntarydonations my members inthe FCT."That
is what defines us as a community of peopleproviding financial help to
each other on the principle of reciprocity and benevolence."In MMM
there are no lenders and no debtors. One participant asks for help,
another one helps.''
Bello appealed to individuals, groups and corporate bodies to always
remember the IDPs across Nigeria, sincegovernment alone would not be
able to provide for them adequately."They are our brothers and sisters
who have left the comfort of their homes and are now struggling for
survival here."No matter how little, let us always extend a hand of
help to them to complement what government and other donors are doing,
"he urged.Mr Enoch Yohanna, General Secretary of the IDP camp at New
Kuchingoro, who receivedthe items, expressed gratitude for the gesture
which he described as `timely.'"The Christmas season is very close; we
thank MMM-Nigeria for bringingthese items to us."We hope to share them
satisfactorily among us for everybody to be happy and have a happy
Christmas celebration, "he said.NAN reports that the visit to the IDPs
camps was preceded by a two-hour environmental sanitation by members
of the group on Nyanya/Mararaba route, a suburb of the FCT.Members of
the group came out in their numbers to clear garbagefrom drainages and
streets in the area.