Aisha Buhari Donates Food Items To Christians For Christmas

Wife of Nigeria’s president, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, on
Thursday, December 14, donated some bags of rice
and cartons of liquid milk to the Christian community
in Abuja for Christmas, Vanguard reports.

According to her, the donation was to support
the Christian families of the First Baptist Church
in FCT, Abuja.
Aisha, who was represented by Mrs Dolapo
Osinbajo, the wife of the vice president, said the
kind gesture was done out of passion and love.
She said: “I know there are men of God and people of God
here and I see a lot of Christian mothers, the youth and
children too, it is lovely to be here.
“The Bible says how good and pleasant it is when God
makes us enjoy together in unity.
“I am not here in my own capacity; I am here representing
the wife of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Everyone knows that she has a large heart and she has
sent a lot of items to the Christian community, I am here to
watch the handing over of the items to them.”
Reacting after, the FCT chairman, Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Jonah,
thanked Hajiya Buhari for identifying with the

Christian community at this festive period.
He assured Buhari that the items would be
distributed to all the Christian groups in the FCT.
Jonah said: “We want to assure you that by the grace of
God, the distribution would go round all the Christian
groups.”
He also expressed the community’s continued
support for President Muhammadu Buhari
administration in its bid to tackle corruption,
insecurity and improve the economy.
Also speaking, the CAN chairman, North Central,
Rev. Israel Akanji, said the kind gesture showed
a sense of unity.
He said:
“Hajiya Aisha Buhari is a Muslim and she knows that this
cerebration is for Christians and yet she has decided to
brighten the hearts of Christians.”
Recall that despite her fond act of giving, Aisha
Buhari recently disclosed that she been rejecting
gifts from people even before Muhammadu
Buhari became president.
Speaking at the launch of a new campaign
against graft tagged, “Women Against Corruption” in
Abuja, on Wednesday, December 7, Aisha said
she does not intend to collect gifts as the wife of

the president even in the future.