There was sigh of relief for survivors of the devastating Jattu Market rainstorm which claimed over four lives as the candidate of All Progressives Congress, (APC) in the forthcoming September 21 governorship election, Senator Monday Okpebholo Thursday made real his promise when he donated N10m to victims of rainstorm in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State.
The Senator,who made the donation when he personally paid a sympathy visit to the injured said the donation is to help offset medical bills of the injured and assist in rebuilding the market.
Okpebholo also used the visit to commiserate with Ogienneni of Uzairue at his hisPalace over the tragic incident just as he prayed that such incident should not occur again.
According to a statement by his Legislative Aide on Media and Communication, Godswill Inegbe
“In fulfillment of his promise,
Senator Okpebholo visited the families of the victims and the injured during the tragic incident who were receiving medical care in health facilities. Furthermore, Senator Okpebholo cleared the medical bills of the injured that were hospitalized.
“The Senator also visited the market scene of the rainstorm disaster for an on-the-spot assessment. Seeing the level of havoc caused by the rainstorm in the marketplace, Senator Okpebholo donated the sum of Ten Million Naira towards the rebuilding of the market.