Wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has donated N50 million to victims of flood disaster being accommodated in various internally displaced persons camps in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital.
Tinubu, accompanied by members of the APC Women Presidential Campaign Team, visited the camps to commiserate with the victims over the flood incident.
Bayelsa is one of the states worst hit by the flood with seven out of the eight local government areas affected by the disaster.
Thousands of buildings and farmlands are submerged due to flood leaving many individuals in IDP camps.
She told the victims at the Ox’ Bowlake pavilion that each of the 1000 individuals would get N50,000 to recapitalise their small-scale businesses.
Senator Tinubu also gifted food provided a medical services to the victims, as well as cash gifts to some nursing mothers who were met receiving treatment at the camp under the medical facility provided by the women campaign team.
She said she was not on a campaign trip to them, but express her solidarity with them in the moment of need, she prayed that the state will not witness such natural disasters again.
Emperor Osage acting paramount ruler Igbogene thanked the delegation for the donation on behalfofthepeople.
On Mrs Tinubu’s entourage were the wife of the APC vice presidential candidate Hajiya Nana Shettima, wife of the Minister of State, Petroleum, Mrs Alanyingi Sylva and the national coordinator of the women campaign team, Dr Asabe Vlita Bashir. They were received and conducted round the IDP camps by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Timipre Sylva.
