No fewer than 600 victims of rainstorm in Ekiti State have received succour from Governor Kayode Fayemi’s administration as the state government flagged off distribution of cash and relief materials.
The victims were drawn from communities that suffered from the rainstorm that occurred on 8th, 20th of March and 2nd of April, this year.
Performing the official flag off of the distribution of cash and relief materials in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, said the gesture was to demonstrate the commitment of the state government to alleviate the pains of the rainstorm victims.
Egbeyemi, speaking through the Deputy Chief of Staff, Mr. Tade Aluko, said the cash gift and relief items were palliative measures to ameliorate the loss the beneficiaries suffered during the rainstorm.
In a statement by the Special Assistant (Media) to the Deputy Governor, Odunayo Ogunmola, relief materials distributed included food stuffs, iron roofing sheets, nails, asbestos, mattresses, clothes, detergents, among others
One of the beneficiaries was the Alare of Are-Ekiti in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area, Oba Jacob Boluwade Adebiyi, whose palace roof was recently blown off by rainstorm that wreaked havoc in his community.
The Deputy Governor explained that the administration of Dr. Kayode Fayemi would not relent in ensuring prompt intervention in whatever hardship the people of the state might be going through.
Egbeyemi stressed that the administration of Fayemi was committed to accountability and transparency in managing the commonwealth of the people.
He disclosed that the distribution of the relief material was a collaborative effort of both the State Government and Federal Government through National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
Emphasizing the need to imbibe the culture of environmental preservation through the planting of trees, Egbeyemi, maintained that the use of quality building materials would reduce future
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