Nwanosike Onu, Awka
Residents of Oraifite in Ekwusigo local government area of Anambra State have expressed gratittude to Eze Ndigbo in Benin Republic, Dr Ebuka Onunkwo for empowering them during the coronavirus pandemic period.
They declare he is the only person who remembered the less privileged, physically challenged, widows and widowers and other indigent persons in the local government.
The Seahorse Chairman, according to them, released hundreds of millions to a committee to get relief materials to cushion the effect of COVID -19 on them.
The items distributed include bags of rice, beans, indomie noodles, cartons of sanitizers among others.
The distribution of the relief materials attracted the presence of traditional rulers of Ozubulu, Ichi, Oraifite and the Ajie of Ihembosi, Chairman of the Council Area among other dignitaries.
The Seahorse boss said the palliative was a Corporate Social Responsibility, which would help to cushion the harsh effects of the nationwide lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.
“These are tough times and as many people, especially the indigents and the vulnerable are going through unforseen economic hardship because of the nationwide lockdown,this is our own little way of rendering help, ” he said.
He tasked the Presidents- General of the town unions in the Council and representatives of the clergy to ensure that the items got to the people, especially, the primary targets.
Mrs. Lucy Nwafor, could not hold back tears, as she knelt down to call upon God to bless the Eze Ndigbo in Benin Republic for his kind gesture to the needy and poor
On behalf of the palliative team, member representing Ekwusigo in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Onyebuchi Offor, described the gesture as unique .
He enjoined the PGs and members of the clergy to ensure that the palliative items got to the right people, in order not to attract ‘curses ‘ to themselves.
The monarch of Ozubulu, Igwe Nnamdi Oruche, said Onunkwo was a gift to not Ndi Anambra but the entire Igbo race
The Parish Priest of St. Michael Catholic Church, Amakwa, Ozubulu, Very Rev. Fr. Donald Chidolue, said that Dr. Ebuka Onunkwo’s palliative for Ndi EKWUSIGO at this time of hardship was a confirmation of excellent humanity.
Speaking on behalf of the Presidents – General, Engr. Edmund Ugwuezumba, said the Seahorse Company boss, had been in the forefront of helping the less privileged in the society
For Amb. Emeka Odidika , Dr. Ebuka Onunkwo had a fundamental culture of philanthropy and had only by this palliative continued his long tradition of philanthropy.
He recalled that since 2009, Dr. Onunkwo had been paying the school fees, WAEC and NECO fees of all the senior students of Ihembosi Community Secondary School, irrespective of town or state of origin
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