In furtherance of its philanthropic gestures the Unubiko Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has distributed 500 bags of rice, sanitizers, hand-washing buckets and other relief items to Abam communities of Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia state.
The food and other items were donated to the people to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic.
The Founder and Chairman of Unubiko Foundation, Mr James Chijioke Ume, told Blueprint the gesture was to support those who are in need, especially during the coronavirus pandemic.
The first batch of communities that benefited are Atan Abam, ndi oji Abam, Ahuma,Eziafor, Ndi Agwu,Ndi okerie, Ndi okereke, Ndi okwara, Ndi ITE and Itum-Abam.
In the second batch are: Amaeke Abam, Idima Abam, Ndi inya, Amagbo, Ndi ojiaku,Ndi Ebe,Ndi Ememe, Ndi Ebeleagu, Amaelu, Ozu Abam and Amuru Abam.
The Abia state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has expressed gratitude to Unubiko Foundation for the support to the state, especially in this period coronavirus pandemic.
Ikpeazu in a letter to Ume, a businessman and Chairman of Channelkoos Media Consult Ltd, who is an indigene of the community, thanked the Foundation for its COVID-19 intervention in Abia state worth N12 million.
“This is indeed most patriotic and we urge you not to relent, the governor said in the letter sighted by Blueprint, Thursday in Abuja.
On his part, Ume assured the NGO would continue to give to the society, particularly the poor and the less privileged, as part of its social responsibility and in response to their needs.
The NGO had earlier provided about 12,000 bottles of hand sanitizers for the communities, just as the Foundation had also created awareness on the pandemic in the communities and churches through radio jingles in Igbo and English language.
Unubiko had also mobilised health officials to enlighten the people on the necessary precautions to be taken to prevent the spread of the virus.
