President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, has commenced the construction of Aisha Buhari Foundation Orphanage and School in Maiduguri.
The foundation of the project was laid by the Deputy Governor of Borno State, Usman Dirkwa, on Tuesday 28th February, 2017. The institution is expected to provide basic necessities of life for orphans in order to afford them a chance to grow up into normal adulthood; it will provide shelter, educational and health facilities as well as income generating activities.
Mrs. Buhari, who was represented at the event by Senior Special Assistant to the President, Hajo Sani, has consistently called for more humanitarian action in the North East, matching her words with action with the commencement of the project.
“This project is borne out of my passion of improving the living condition of victims of conflicts and other humanitarian crises, particularly, children.”