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Edo Engineers Donate Food To Benin IDP Camp Housemates

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Some members of the Edo NSE in a group photograph with displaced persons at the IDP camp during the visit

As part of its effort to contribute positively to society, the Benin branch of the Nigeria Society of Engineers has donated food items to the internally displaced people’s camp in Benin, the Edo State capital.

The camp, located beside the International Christian Centre, started as the Home for the Needy and metamorphosed into an IDP camp with the influx of internally displaced persons from the North at the height of the Boko Haram insurgency.

In a press statement on Wednesday, the Publicity Secretary of Edo NSE, Edionwe Evans, said that the donation to the camp would leave a lasting impression on the engineers, as they explore more avenues to help the society.

The statement reads, “The much-anticipated visit of members of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Edo State branch to the IDP Camp at Uhogua, Benin, has come and gone, but the impact of the visit will speak for a long time to come.

“Members were led by the state chairman, Tina Oigiagbe, and they were received by the management of the camp amidst so much joy and excitement.

“The chairman assured the management and the displaced persons of the NSE Edo branch’s continued support in whatever areas it can.

“The chairman on behalf of the branch promised to help engineering students in the camp in industrial training placement and therefore requested that a list of those in that category be sent to her office.

“Oigiagbe, on behalf of the executive committee, appreciates all members of the branch and the immediate past chairman, Evukowhiroro Ojegba, for the overwhelming support received towards the IDP camp visit and prayed for God’s continuous blessings upon every member.

Founder of the Home for the Needy, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, commended the kind gesture and urged other well-meaning organisations, individuals and government bodies to emulate the kind gestures.

He said, “We appreciate those who have been supporting the home. It will go a long way in helping the needy in the camp.

“The major needs are food, the children are deeply in need of food and education funding, we owe lots of school fees in all the universities with over 300 university students. We need great help.”


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