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Stampede: Chukwuma suspends distribution of Christmas gifts

  • Writer: Surefoot AfrikBg
    Surefoot AfrikBg
  • Dec 22, 2024
  • 2 min read

By Madu Obi


Governorship aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, for the November 2025 election, Sir Paul Chukwuma has suspended his planned distribution of Christmas palliatives as a mark of respect to those who lost their lives during the distribution of palliatives by Obijackson Foundation at Okija.


"We are in mourning. I have directed my campaign council to suspend the planned physical distribution of Christmas gifts to various communities for now and to quickly come up with a strategy that will be of minimum discomfort to the intended beneficiaries," Chukwuma said in a statement on Sunday.


While consoling the families that lost their relatives in the Okija stampede, Chukwuma expressed deep shock at the scope and nature of the incident.


According to him, the incident had brought untold grief and sadness to Anambra people in this season of love.


"This tragedy has touched us all but it must not be allowed to break the Anambra spirit. Our sense of community, our legendary philanthropy and our belief that wealth has no meaning until it brings relief and happiness to ordinary people must continue," Chukwuma added.


He observed that the people’s communal spirit had always risen to its peak when social conditions deteriorate, and urged Anambra's wealthy indigenes not to be discouraged by the Okija incident, but to rather task their imagination harder and come up with clever ways to reach out and touch their communities this Christmas.


He noted that the mystery of life was so complex that sometimes, a well-intended effort to heal and bring succour to people could lead to unexpected outcomes, and called for a collective introspection and prayers for the peaceful repose of the souls of the dead and a speedy healing for their loved ones.


"My family and I shall continue to hold the grieving families up in our prayers and ask God to grant them a speedy healing from their irreparable losses," he stated.

 
 
 

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