Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has
made a donation of assorted items worth twenty thousand Ghana cedis to the
affected victims of Saturday’s floods victims in the Bunkprugu-Yunyoo district
of the Northern region.
The items includes, 100 bags of rice, 20
students mattresses, 60 gallons of cooking oil and 50 cartons of GOIL-tox.
The donation was also part of the
company’s corporate social responsibilities and also to respond to the plight
of the victims in the area.
About
5,592 people have so far been displaced in the area after torrential rains submerging several houses while several lost
valuable properties. One person has so far been confirmed dead.
Our reporter Kwabena Ntow who visited
the area yesterday reported that the displaced people currently have nowhere to
lay their heads as all their belongings have been swept away by the heavy down
pour in the area.
The responds by GOIL however emanated as
a results of pleas from victims of the flooding to government and benevolent
organizations to come to their aid.
Donating the items, the Northern sector
Zonal manager of GOIL, Michael Lagble indicated the company’s readiness to
assist the needy in the society saying that the donation is part of its
corporate social responsibility.
He urged the victims not to channel the
items to areas that will not alleviate their plight.
Receiving the items on behalf of the
affected victims the Member of Parliament for the area, Solomon Namliit
commended GOIL for the quick response since government and NADMO could not
response quickly as they had done.
He assured that the items will get to
the rightful people.
Bunkprugu is one of the deprived
districts in the northern region of the country and has since been bedevilled
with its own share social issues ranging from poor education to health.
Meanwhile, since the incidence happened GOIL is
the first organization to respond to the plight of the people. Government has
since remained adamant about the issue.
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