Tinubu Donates 50m Naira to Flood Victims in Bayelsa

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday visited some Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Bayelsa State.

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Tinubu who visited with Hajiya Fatima Shettima, wife of the Vice Presidential candidate of the APC, Kashim Shettima, was welcomed by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, and his wife, Mrs Alanyingi Sylva, to Yenagoa, the state capital.

Joined by Sylva and others, Tinubu sympathised with the affected persons with relief materials including food and medicals.

Before her arrival to the state, an advance team of medical professionals were already providing medical services at the displaced persons camp in Igbogene.

Tinubu was welcomed with cheers by thousands of IDPs at the Oxbow Lake pavilion, the biggest displaced persons camp in the State.

Speaking at Oxbow Lake camp, Senator Tinubu emphasised that her visit was strictly on humanitarian grounds to personally empathise with Bayelsans over the devastation brought by the floods and to extend a helping hand.

Apart from drugs and medical equipment, food, wrappers and other relief items, she also donated N50m to the State.

Tinubu explained that the money was for 1,000 affected individuals receiving N50,000 each as a post-flood intervention, saying that the process would be managed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva.