COVID-19 Lockdown: Reps Minority Leader’s Food Aid Arrives Delta, Commences Distribution

The multi-million naira food aid ordered by Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, for residents of his Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency has arrived Delta State and distribution is already in progress.

The items which were offloaded at the central distribution station at Onicha-Uku in Aniocha North Local Government area of the State, arrived in about 15 articulated trucks on Monday 7th April, 2020.

The over 300 tons of items include; 600 bags of rice, 750 bags of beans, 500 bags of garri, 600 bags of onions, 500 cartons of tin tomatoes and 500 cartons of groundnut oil.

Distribution of the food items commenced on Tuesday, April 8, with representatives of the four Local Government areas in the Federal Constituency, led by their Council Chairmen, coming to collect their own area allocations and according to the distribution list.

Consignments were provided for the four LGAs, to be shared through each community’s President-Generals across party lines while another batch was made available for designated orphanage homes.

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the Four Local Government Areas, the Hausa community, traditional rulers and security agencies within Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency were also provided for in the Minority Leader’s palliative gesture.

Explaining the modalities for the distribution, a leader in the Federal Constituency, Chief Nkem Okwuofu appealed to the representatives from the four local Government areas to ensure that the food items gets to the targeted recipients.

She said that the widows, the physically challenged, indigents and those who earn daily living, as well as the unemployed population in the various communities, should be their main focus.

Chief Okwuofu who is the Chairman of the Delta State Civil Service Commission, lauded the gesture of Hon. Ndudi Elumulu in providing food items as palliatives for his constituents, describing him as a representative who is always thinking good of his people all the time, including at critical times such as this period of Covid-19 Lockdown.