The wife of the All Progressives Congress presidential
candidate, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Friday made a cash donation of N50million
and relief materials to victims of flood disaster in Bayelsa State.
This was contained in a statement issued by her media
handlers on Saturday.
The three-term senator made the donation when she led a
delegation of the APC women campaign team to the various camps of internally
displaced persons in Yenagoa to commiserate with the victims.
Bayelsa is one of the states most hit by the flood, with seven of its eight local government areas affected.
The flood had also forced many residents into IDP camps as
hundreds of their buildings and farmlands are submerged by flood.
The development is coming barely three days after the
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,
Sadiya Farouq, allegedly exempted Bayelsa from the list of 10 worst-hit states
ravaged by floods.
The minister had hinged her conviction on a number of
factors which she said included the number of displaced persons and deaths
recorded per state, injuries, partially damaged or totally damaged houses as
well as ravaged farmlands.
Her statement generated condemnation from the Bayelsa State
Government and stakeholders who described her as insensitive to the plight of
their people.
A livid Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, said
considering Bayelsa’s contribution to the nation’s economy, the minister’s
response to the flood situation in the state was not commensurate and fair.
But standing before the internally displaced persons at the
Ox’ Bowlake Pavilion and Igbogene camps in Bayelsa, Tinubu announced a donation
of N50,000 each to 1,000 individuals to help their small-scale businesses rise
again.
She said, “Our visit here today is not political. But rather
it is to identify with you in the moment of need and pray that the state will
not witness such natural disasters again.”
In her entourage were Nana Shettima, wife of the party’s
vice presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima; wife of the Minister of
State for Petroleum, Mrs. Alanyingi Sylva and National Coordinator of APC Women
Campaign team, Dr. Asabe Bashir.
While paying homage to the traditional ruler of the
community in his palace, Tinubu also briefed the Obenibe of Epie Kingdom, Malla
Sasime, on the purpose of their visit to the state.
While expressing appreciation on behalf of the victims, the
acting paramount ruler of Igbogene, Emperor Osage, informed the delegation that
the donation was the first of its kind they would receive.
The traditional ruler appreciated the APC women’s campaign
team for taking out time to visit the victims of flood in the state and wished
them safe return to their various destination.
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