Flood victims in three States, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers have Today received succour in the form of relief items from the Tompolo Foundation.
It has been reported that the President and Chairman of the foundation, High Chief Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, said the gesture was part of efforts to relieve the plights of persons affected by the recent devastating flood.
The items which are reported to be worth N150 million included 2,400 bags of rice, 100 bags of beans, 200 bags of garri, 5,000 tubers of yam, 200 kegs of palm oil, 600 kegs of groundnut oil and 2,000 cartons of noodles.
While handing over the relief items to the representatives of the affected areas in Warri, Delta state, the Tompolo foundation executive secretary Dr Paul Bebenimibo disclosed that the foundation has been in the business of rendering assistance to the “less privileged” since the previous flood in 2012.
He said: “We have good tidings from the President and Chairman of Tompolo Foundation. It’s no longer news that our country was greeted with a massive floods and the impact was overwhelming. People have been in serious disarray in Bayelsa State, Rivers State and Delta State.
The Tompolo Foundation is established to cater for the less privileged. We have been on this mission for about ten years. Specifically, sometime in 2012, a similar flood came and the foundation organized to provide palliatives for the people. And this year, we have come again to do our bit.
I want to inform you that the President and Chairman of Tompolo foundation have approved a palliative worth 150 million naira to distribute to the good people of Bayelsa State, Rivers State and Delta State.
That’s why I had earlier recognized the people that are representing these states and we are here to hand over the items to the beneficiaries so that they can move them to their destinations and distribute them to the affected people.”
Bebenimibo listed the Local Government Areas (LGAs) to benefit from the palliatives including Ahoada West and East LGAs in Rivers state; Burutu, Bomadi, Patani LGAs, as well as impacted communities across Isoko, Urhobo and Ndokwa nations in Delta state; and seven affected council areas in Bayelsa state.
He noted that Bayelsa, as one of the most highly impacted States in the country, will get 600 bags of rice.
Others who received the items on behalf of victims in Delta state are chairmen of Bomadi, Burutu and Patani council areas; 1st vice president of Isoko Development Union Worldwide, Crown Prince Desmond Ogbaudu (Isoko nation); Executive Director of Social Services, DESOPADEC, Achudume Sunday (Ndokwa nation) and the Commissioner representing Urhobo Ethnic Nationality, DESOPADEC, Olorogun Vincent Oyibode.
Representative of Bayelsa state and member representing constituency IV, Southern Ijaw LGA, Chief MacDonald Igbadiwei, thanked the foundation for coming to the aid of victims in his state.
He charged other well-meaning Nigerians to emulate the gesture.
