Imansuangbon Donates to Edo IDP

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Former Edo State Labour Party (LP) governorship aspirant and philanthropist, Kenneth Imansuangbon, last Tuesday said the federal government should pay more attention to humanitarian workers providing relief and support to vulnerable Nigerians displaced by war, disaster and conflicts for national honour and recognition.

He lamented that some persons with tainted and questionable characters are often recognised, thereby diminishing the efforts of those whose selfless and humanitarian works have impacted positively on the lives of the downtrodden.  

Imansuangbon, popularity called the ‘Riceman’ is the chairman/proprietor of Pacesetters Group of Schools, Abuja, spoke at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Uhogua, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, and was accompanied on the visit by his wife, Kate Imansuangbon, who also called for support for the camp where he donated food items and other consumables.

He said the gesture was to show his compassion for the inmates and the founder of the Home for the Needy, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, who manages the facility. 

Adding that the visit is not to solicit votes as most politicians do during election period.

Imansuangbon, who called on the youths and children not to lose hope but to focus on their education so that they can grow up to be men and women of honour whose impact would be felt in nation building, added: “If we have a country where things are done well, Pastor Folunrusho is due for national honour, and I am calling on President Bola Tinubu that people who are given national honours are those that deserve it like it is done in America.

“National honour shouldn’t be given to people with tainted or questionable character or dishonorable people. It should be for those that have impacted lives like Solomon.

“Nigerian must discover itself under President Tinubu to correct this. He has inspired development for the country so that people will know that when you help the poor you are developing and changing it.

He also called on the Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs to come to the aid of the children even as he commended the governor for hitting the ground running.  

Also in her remarks, Imansuangbon’s wife, Kate, stressed that their visit to the camp is to tell the inmates that they’re loved and that there are people out there who care for them, adding that the yearly Christmas season visit and donation of food and clothes to them was initiated by her husband to show his compassion.