Culled from SDK
- Habiba Abubakar wrote a letter recently to President Good luck Jonathan, President of the Senate, and Honourable Speaker of the house Mallam Aminu Tambwal seeking for a bill to be passed on the elderly people in Nigeria.
- She says ''This noble course needs to be backed by all responsible Nigerians by dropping a comment of support on elderlyandthepoor.Org facebook page .
- Mrs Habiba Abubakar way recently honoured in Amsterdam by the Africans in Diaspora Merit award (ADMA)for her humanitarian service via her charity foundation Elderly and the poor.
- In her acceptance speech she said " I do this NGO as a passion not because I expect any award from any organisation or individuals .what i do is my passion,there is no compromising helping the elderly and the poor.
- She also used the opportunity to ask Nigerians to back her fight to help make life meaningful for the elderly and the less privileged in our society.
- She got a standing ovation for her speech.
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