A female councillor in Akwa Ibom have donated a two bedroom bungalow to a family of five who have been homeless for more than 12 months.
Speaking while commissioning the apartment yesterday, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Iniobong Ememobong, described the gesture as “unprecedented”, especially given the fact that such gesture appears strange to the Local Government administrators in the state.
The Commissioner, who was represented by one of the Special Assistants (SAs) to governor Udom Emmanuel, on Public Affairs, Mr.Morgan Ekanem, commended Miss Enang, “for demonstrating part of the best legacies of the governor Udom Emmanuel’s administration of lifting people out of poverty”.
Ememobong charged other political office holders to emulate the Councilor for committing her lean resources into saving and providing succuor, especially “at this period of the country’s socio-economic down-turn”.
The Chairman of Etim Ekpo Council, Mr Imeh Afia, expressed delight and commended the Councilor for being in a light and a tool for development in her domain.
Afia, who was represented by the Leader of Council, Hon. Uduakobong Udofa, described the lawmaker as “a woman of conscience with a milk of human kindness flowing over her system”, even as he prayed God for more blessings and charged her to “continue with your good work of empowering the people”.
However, Miss Wisdom Enang, in an interview with Journalists, said she was moved to tears, “when the news of my people trapped and rescued in a collapsed building reached me.
“When I heard the pathetic story, I had to pray to God, who gave me the enablement to accept to come to the rescue of my people. Everybody knows that times are really hard now, but I had no other option than to clear my account to build this two-bedroom apartment for them.
Wife of the beneficiary, Mrs. Inem, exuding joy, recalled that, “me, my husband and three children were chased out from our family compound. Our Church, Church of Christ, rallied a build a mud house for us, but the house collapsed during the rainy season and trapped all of us, including my last child, Abasianwam, who was already buried in the rubbles of the collapsed house.
“My waist was badly hit, and neighbours came to rescue us. We had to move to the nearby cubicle built in the premises of a public water station to pass every night in fear of being killed or attacked by night marauders, until help from a Samaritan woman with good heart for the poor and down-trodden, only God will reward her.”
