Yuletide: Former Edo governorship aspirant donates food items, others to IDP

Former Edo State Labour Party governorship aspirant, Ken Imansuangbon has donated food items and other consumables to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Uhogua, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State.

Imansuangbon, who was in company of his wife, Kate, urged the Federal Government to honour humanitarian workers providing relief and support to vulnerable Nigerians displaced by war, disaster or conflicts with national honours.

He lamented that some persons with tainted and questionable characters are often recognised thereby diminishing the efforts of those whose selfless humanitarian works have impacted positively on the lives of the downtrodden.

He said: “If we have a country where things are done well, Pastor Solomon Folunrusho is due for a national honor and am calling on President Tinubu that people who are given national honor should be those that deserve it, like it is done in America.

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“National honours shouldn’t be given to people with tainted or questionable character or dishonorable people. They should be for those that have impacted lives like Pastor Solomon.

“Nigerians must discover itself under President Tinubu to correct this. He has inspired development for the country so that people will know that when you help the poor you are developing the country.”

He called on the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, to come to the aid of the children even as he commended the governor for hitting the ground running. He also called on the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs to come to assist the camp.

Kate Imansuangbon, who also spoke during the event, also stressed that their visit to the camp was to tell the inhabitants that they’re loved and that there are people out there who care for them, adding that the yearly Christmas season visit and donation of food and clothing to the inmates was initiated by her husband to show his compassion for them.

In his response, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho thanked the visitors for their show of love and appealed for further help especially as it relates to helping to engage some of their graduates who are in need of jobs.