Accidental Bombing: Presidential commission pays the medical bills of the victims

The Presidential Committee on the Northeast on Sunday announced its decision to settle the medical bill of the victims of the recent Air Force accidental bombing in Borno. Alhaji Tijjani Tumsa the Executive Vice-Chairman of the committee that it made at the time are visited to cover the victims on admission at the Specialists' Hospital, Maiduguri, pledged N20 million to the hospital for medical expenses.
Tumsa said would give the commission too N10,000 to each of the victims on wearing the access to care for their personal needs.
“We have come here to commiserate with the victims and their families and see what we can do to help them. “On behalf of our chairman, Rtd Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, we are pledging complete payment of their medical bills. ” We are going to pay N20 million to the Specialist Hospital to cover the cost of their treatment. “This is to ensure that none of the victims pays for any treatment or medication,” he said. He also said that the committee would give N1 million to the caregivers to further boost their moral. “We are also providing N1 million to the caregivers to encourage them and to facilitate their humanitarian activities,” Tumsa said. He commended the International Committee for the Red Cross and other bodies for their concern to the victims. “I want to thank the International Committee for the Red Cross and other humanitarian bodies for particularly showing interest towards assisting the victims. “We are persistent in our belief that victims should not be allowed to suffer,” Tumsa said....

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