Chief Gomba Okanje, the owner of Elano Investments Limited on Tuesday donated truck loads of food stuffs as palliative to National Disability Alliance lead by Kie Obomanu.
Chief Gomba Okanje speaking at the event said that the gesture is to cushion the effect of the lockdown on Persons with disabilities in Rivers. He said that the entire items were donated to persons with disabilities because among the vulnerable groups, persons with disabilities are most hit in a time like this. As a company with a heart to reach out to the downtrodden in the society, they can’t fold their hands and watch persons with disabilities in Rivers State go through hardship in this trying time.
Appreciating the company for the kind gesture, The Chairman of the Persons with Disabilities in Rivers State and the leader of National Alliance on Disability, Rivers State Chapter, Dr. Kie Obomanu said that the gift is so huge that he lacks words to express his feelings over the kind gesture from the Chairman of Elano Investment Limited to Persons with Disabilities in 23 local government areas of Rivers State. Speaking further, he said that in this season of lockdown, persons with disabilities have been finding life so difficult. He promised to diligently share the palliative to persons with disabilities across the 23 LGA in the state.
The items donated includes bags of rice, bags of beans, hundreds of tubers of yam, cartoons of groundnut oil, cartoons of maggi, bags of onions and many other items.
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