A sigh of relief came the way of survivals of the devastating Jattu rainstorm which claimed over 10 lives as the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC in the forthcoming September 21st governorship election, Senator Monday Okpebholo Thursday made real his promise when he donated N10m to victims of rainstorm in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State.
The federal lawmaker made the donation when he personally paid a sympathy visit to the injured said the donation to help to upset medical bills and assist in rebuilding the market.
Okpebholo also used the visit to commiserate with Ogienneni of Uzairue at his his palace over the tragic incident just as prayed that such incident should not occured again.
According to a statement endorsed by his Legislative Aide on Media and Communication, Godswill Inegbe noted.
“In fulfillment of that promise
Senator Okpebholo visited the families of the victims and the injured during the tragic incident who were receiving medical care in health facility. Furthermore, Senator Okpebholo cleared the medical bills of the injured that were hospitalized.
“The Senator also visited the market scene of the rainstorm disaster for on-the-spot assessment. Seeing the level of havoc caused by the rainstorm in the marketplace, Senator Okpebholo donated the sum of Ten Million Naira towards the rebuilding of the market.
One of the victim, Aminat Mohammed who was full of joy thanked the APC candidate for coming to their rescued and prayed God grant him is governorship.
By ireportng