Years ago, when there was an outbreak of cholera in the Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), many people lost their lives before the Federal Government intervened with the declaration of state of emergency in the country, including the FCT. The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) established the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) that alleviated the problem.CHINYERE OKOROAFOR reports
It was not a normal visit to their residence. The visitor this time was a journalist. Mrs Rekiya Mohammed, according to the intermediary, had been briefed about the visit, though word returned that she was sort of reticent to speak on the issue; one she deemed “sensitive.”
And indeed, it was sensitive by all parameters; for this was an issue that had to do with regurgitating memories of a sorrowful string of losses of beloved family members–one’s children at that.
Worse still, such painful recall was to be made to a reporter (called Dan Jarida, in Hausa)–of all persons. And she had never granted an interview or spoken to a newsman all her life!
It was not going to be an easy task, by any account.
