Knights of St John International, Nigeria, Asks FG to Declare National Disaster, Donates To Flood Victims
Princess-Ekwi Ajide Abuja
Knights and Ladies of St. John International, Nigeria, have asked the Federal Government, to declare flood incidents currently ravaging many cities across Nigeria as a National Disaster.
The Order which donated Six million Naira, “in the first instance,” to victims of flooding, through six Dioceses, based on the order’s cardinal objective on Charity urged the federal government to muster appropriate action to cushion the ravaging effects as well as invite international communities and humanitarian organisations for speedy interventions and aids
They urged the government, to seek ways and means to forestall future occurrence or a timeous arrest of the ravaging effect should the menace seem intractable.
In a letter, to the President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, and signed by the trio: the Supreme Subordinate President, Major General Remy Uche, the Supreme subordinate Treasurer, Brig. Gen. Solomon Obeakameh and the Supreme subordinate Secretary, Brig. Gen. Cletus Ntong, the Order expressed “deep sympathy with all the victims of the flood disaster that recently ravaged many communities within our territorial Jurisdiction.”
The letter also said, “We very much appreciate their pains which visibly manifested in the loss of life, valuable property, and displacement of abode.”
