Adeleke donates relief materials to Osun disaster victims
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has donated relief materials worth several millions of naira to victims of various disasters across the three senatorial districts in the State.
A press statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, revealed that the presentation of the items was held at OSEMA Warehouse House, behind Osun State Government Secretariat.
Adeleke, who was represented by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Emergency, Hon.Emiola Fakeye, reaffirmed his commitment to supporting victims of disasters across the State.
He assured that his administration will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that all affected individuals receive the necessary assistance.
The relief materials, estimated at several millions of naira, include edibles such as rice, garri, and maize, as well as non-edibles like roofing sheets and other building materials.
His words: “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.”
Adeleke emphasized the importance of taking precautionary measures to prevent occurrence of any disaster, big or small, which he said cannot be dismissed with a wave of hand.
