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Baby with cancer gets N1m aid from Senate
From Alifa David, Abuja
WITH his knees bowed and hands outstretched in supplication, Mr. Innocent Uchechukwu Uchendu, yesterday collected a N1 million cheque from Senate President Adolphus Wabara for the treatment of his little baby, Uche Udebara, for a cancerous outgrowth on his back.
Overwhelmed with emotions, Uchendu told Senators Wabara, Ibrahim Mantu, Sani Sami, John Danboyi, Tawar Wada, Gbenga Ogunniya and John Brambaifa in the Senate president's office: "As water is to life so is the National Assembly to us. As Christ is to the world, so are you to the poor. As you have given us N1 million, so will the Almighty God double for you 100 times on earth."
And because he pleaded with the Senate to help him and his wife get a job in London as they attend to their son's treatment, Wabara directed Chairman, Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Senator Jubril Aminu, to liase with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to find a job for the indigent parents at the Nigerian High Commission in London.
The job is to last the duration of the baby's treatment.
Uchendu had made a passionate plea for a job for himself and his wife in London to sustain them in the British capital.
The Uchendus, according to the Senate President, had written a letter asking for the help of the Upper House in treating their baby of the cancerous outgrowth.
"As it is customary with the Senate, we sent his application and request to the Senate Committee on Health. The committee headed by Senator Gbenga Ogunniya, based on its findings and investigations, recommended an amount which we are now giving to the father," Wabara said.
Ogunniya explained that though the Upper House was "highly selective" in handling such issues, it had to take on the baby's case because it was genuine and the head of the family was indigent and had nowhere else to turn.`
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