Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, said Monday, that he
invited popular Nollywood actors, Chinedu Ikedieze and Osita Iheme, popularly
known as Aki and Paw Paw, to visit flood victims in the state as motivational
speakers to alleviate the pains of the internally displaced persons.
Aki and Paw Paw were first noticed by some
persons at the inauguration of the 12-man committee on the management of
Federal Government fund released to the state over the flood disaster and the
Post-Flooding Rehabilitation of Victims, headed by a retired Supreme Court
Judge, Justice Francis Tabai, at Government House, Asaba, by Governor Uduaghan.
They were conspicuous in their attire and
size and that attracted the crowd, which went hysterical.
Governor Uduaghan, who painted a sorrowful
picture of the pains the internally displaced persons, IDPs, were going
through, having been sacked from their homes by flood, said everybody who knew
how to ease pains should help to ease the pains of the victims.
The governor said he decided to invite Aki and Paw Paw after he
visited the Institute of Continuing Education, ICE, flood victims’ camp at
about 11.00 pm on a certain day and discovered that the IDPs, who were watching
a Nollywood movie, were so engrossed that they barely gave him attention when
he walked in.
Uduaghan said: “As I walked in, half of the
population were watching television; you know we provided a giant television
for them.
“I tried to attract their attention. Some
looked at me and greeted me, but they turned to continue watching the
television. When I looked at the television, I saw it was Aki, Paw Paw and Ibu
that they were watching.
“You see, because they were watching Aki, Paw
Paw and Ibu, they forgot their pains. For them, these Nollywood actors were
helping them to ease their pains. That was why I invited them to go to the
different camps as motivational speakers because the victims require a lot of
motivation, while they are preparing to go back home.”
The governor observed that some of the
victims, indeed, required psychological support, adding that he was optimistic
that Aki and Paw Paw would provide it for them.
“That is why they are here as motivational
speakers. I believe that the few minutes they will spend will ease the
pains of our IDPs. Those who have ability to ease those in pains, please help,
it is not about food alone for the victims – that will not ease their pains.”
Source: Vanguard
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