{"id":15923,"date":"2026-07-26T11:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=15923"},"modified":"2026-07-26T11:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:24:07","slug":"windstorm-disaster-lawan-donates-n5m-to-victims-in-yobe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/windstorm-disaster-lawan-donates-n5m-to-victims-in-yobe\/","title":{"rendered":"Windstorm Disaster: Lawan Donates N5m to Victims in Yobe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By George Mgbeleke<\/p>\n<p>President of the 9th Senate, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, has announced a personal donation of Fifty Million Naira (N50,000,000) to victims of the recent windstorms that devastated communities across three Local Government Areas in his Senatorial District.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Lawan made the announcement in a personally signed statement issued on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed deep sadness over the scale of destruction witnessed in Bade, Nguru and Karasuwa local government areas.<\/p>\n<p>According to the breakdown provided, Bade Local Government is to receive N20,000,000, Nguru Local Government N20,000,000, and Karasuwa Local Government N10,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker, who represents Yobe North in the National Assembly, stated that the funds are meant to provide immediate, direct relief to cushion the effects of the disaster. <\/p>\n<p>He added that his team has been directed to work closely with the respective Local Government councils, traditional institutions, and emergency management committees to ensure the resources reach those who need them most without delay.<\/p>\n<p>Lawan further disclosed that he is engaging with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Yobe State Government to ensure wider relief materials and reconstruction support are mobilised to complement his personal efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the bereaved and the displaced, I assure you that you remain in our constant prayers. I am also engaging with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the State Government to ensure that wider relief materials and reconstruction support are mobilized to complement these personal efforts,\u201d Lawan said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By George Mgbeleke President of the 9th Senate, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, has announced a personal donation of Fifty Million Naira (N50,000,000) to victims of the recent windstorms that devastated communities across three Local Government Areas in his Senatorial District. Senator Lawan made the announcement in a personally signed statement issued on Saturday. He expressed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6208],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patriotism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15924,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15923\/revisions\/15924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}