Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has donated relief materials of several millions of naira to the victims of one form of disaster or the other in all the three senatorial districts of the state.
A statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi revealed that the presentation of the items which was held at OSEMA Warehouse House in Osogbo was done on behalf of Adeleke by Emiola Fakeye, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Emergency.
Alimi said the gesture was to reflect the unwavering dedication of Adeleke’s government to alleviating the suffering of people and restoring hope to those in distress.
He maintained that Adeleke is resolutely committed to ensuring that none of the disaster victims is left unassisted, noting that the distributed edibles and non edibles comprising rice, garri, maize, roofing sheets and other building materials estimated at several millions of naira.
“To the disaster victims who are here today to benefit from my administrations magnanimity as usual, I want to assure you that we have more than enough relief materials to go round all the affected victims whose profiles have already been captured by the officials of OSEMA under the leadership of Hon. Emiola Fakeye, the Special Adviser on Disaster Management in Osun.
“The distribution will however be done in phases to ensure orderliness, particularly to forestall stampede because of the large number of beneficiaries that have been documented as would be beneficiaries by OSEMA.
“Therefore, if you do not get in phase one, automatically you will get in the remaining phases which has been captured and outlined by OSEMA officials.
“I want to assure and reassure you that as a government ,the present administration will not forsake you in mitigating the disasters that befell each and everyone of you.
“While I once again sympathise with you on behalf of the government and good people of Osun State, I must quickly state that
the need to always take precautionary motives to prevent occurrence of any disaster, big or small, can not be dismissed with a wave of hand.
“Finally, I want to thank all stakeholders, particularly OSEMA officials, community leaders and other partners for their efforts in joining the Imole Osun led government in making this type of intervention possible.
“Let us continue to work together to build a resilient Osun State where lives and livelihoods are safeguarded,” the statement quoted Adeleke as addressing residents at the flag off distribution exercise.
