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Paucity of funds hits Edo IDPs camp

15th November 2021
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From Tony Osauzo and Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin

Founder, Home for the Needy Foundation, Benin, Edo State, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, yesterday, raised the alarm over paucity of funds and appealed to well-meaning individuals, corporate organisations and government agencies to come to the aid of thousands of children under its care.

He said the foundation was in urgent financial need to cater for the education of over 97 students the foundation is presently sponsoring in various universities and also provide food items to others in primary and secondary schools, adding that the foundation was catering for over 3,000 persons at its Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Uhogua, Ovia North East Local Government Area.

Folorunsho, who made the appeal when Daily Sun visited him at the camp, said the unending terrorism and banditry in the country have brought about upsurge in the number of persons coming to the camp for assistance.

He said the foundation is struggling with how to take proper care of the IDPs, following  the upsurge which started in 2014 arising from terrorism in the North East of the country, coupled with the setback, occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We have been providing for the needy in terms of feeding them and giving them education for many years, but for the displaced people, we started taking care of them from 2012 and 2013 when terrorism became rampant in the country, particularly in the North East.

“When they came, it was very tough because we had no buildings to accommodate them then. The school we had then was just with few classrooms hence most of them were studying under the tree.

“Today, we have 97 of them in various universities. Some sat for the last NABTEB and made their papers so they are sitting for the next UTME. And after writing the JAMB, we are expecting to have roughly 50 of them who will be gaining admission into the university next year.

“Our staff, for almost two years, we have not paid them due to lack of funds. In fact, a lot of them, after staying for months without salary, would leave. Because of this, the people mainly running our school are volunteers and corps members,” he said.

Folorunsho lamented that the IDPs camp is not connected to national grid and had to depend on fuel and diesel to power generator, saying it will be a thing of joy to him and the children if the camp can be connected to the national grid.

He further said the children, over the years, have not been a threat to anyone or the society at large hence helping them would not endanger anyone or the society.

“They have never been a threat to anyone nor the society. For the years they have been here there has not been any report of them going to commit crime outside the camp,” he said.

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