Cross River State governor, Bassey Otu has donated 600 bags of rice to thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) at Obutong and Ikot Effion IDPs camps in Bakassi local government area of Cross River State.
While reacting to the donations, the national coordinator of Bakassi Returnees and chairman, Camp Management Committee, Prince Asim-Joseph Inyang, lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Bassey Edet Otu.
He said they are celebrating because “for eight years, no administration ever remembered the IDPs.
The IDPs lauded the state and federal government for making available 600bags of rice to the IDP camp to alleviate their suffering.
Inyang, who stressed that he was passionate about the welfare of the IDPs, explained that the joy of receiving government palliative was the purpose of the celebration.
The IDPs’ chairman said, “Throughout the period when Ben Ayade was in power, the displaced persons in Bakassi did not get anything as compared to what they have now as food.
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