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Gbajabiamila promises scholarship and trust fund for children of Abuja vendor killed - Edoman - 11-23-2020 Gbajabiamila promises scholarship and trust fund for children of Abuja vendor killed by his security aide The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has offered scholarship up to university level to the children of a newspaper vendor, late Ifeanyi Okereke, who was killed by one of his security aides. The Speaker and his entourage were passing through a road in the Federal Capital Territory when one of his security details, Abdullahi Hassan, fired a gunshot into the air to disperse some of the vendors who approached the speaker to greet him. The bullet hit Ifeanyi who died from gunshot wounds. Gbajabiamila over the weekend paid a condolence visit to the family of the deceased where he met the wife who is nursing a baby they just welcomed. The speaker on Sunday, November 22, met with members of the Abuja Newspapers Distributors Association (ANDA) and the Newspapers Vendors Association, Abuja (NVAA) to condole with them over the death of their colleague, Okereke. Gbajabiamila said after a visit to the family of the late Ifeanyi at the Kwata area of Madalla-Suleja on Saturday, where he met with his wife and children, he directed his lawyers to immediately set up a trust fund for them until adulthood. Quote:''‘Let me address you not as the Speaker but as Femi Gbajabiamila a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, who has been caught unawares in the middle of this unfortunate incident. In his remarks, the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Publicity, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, thanked the union for refusing to allow the situation to be hijacked by hoodlums. He said the conduct of the vendors had changed the image of vendors by their quality leadership and members. He suggested that November 19 every year be remembered as “Vendors’ Day” and be celebrated with lectures and symposia. The Chairman of the group, Mr. Benjamin Obute, commended the humility displayed by the speaker, the first occupant of such a position to visit the Newspaper Distribution Centre in Area One in Garki District of Abuja. He said the speaker, who spent three hours in traffic on his way to Suleja on Saturday to see the family of the deceased, had met most demands made by the vendors. |