NNPC donates N50m to victims Of Bauchi windstorm

NIGERIAN National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has donated the sum of N50m to the victims of the recent windstorm that ravaged Bauchi and its environs claiming several lives and destroying properties worth millions of Naira including over 1, 500 as part of its corporate social responsibility.

Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Corporation, Dr Maikanti Baru flanked by other top management staff of NNPC announced the donation Sunday when he visited the Emir of Bauchi, Rilwanu Suleiman Adamu in his palace to commiserate with the people of the state over the disaster.

Maikanti Baru said that “Our brothers and sisters in Bauchi have been affected by natural disaster which befell them on 16th of June, just a day after Eid-el Fitri Sallah celebrations whereby complete darkness engulfed the town, then windstorm and followed by heavy rain which unfortunately at least 10 lives were lost and over 1, 500 houses were ruined”.

He added that “It is obvious that such a disaster is irreparable where human lives even if it is one is lost.

However, there are loss of materials, houses that ruined. Within our corporate social responsibility, NNPC’s board and management have donated N50 million to be distributed under the wisdom and look of his royal highness the Emir of Bauchi as our token intervention”.

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Also speaking, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC in charge of Corporate Services and Strategy, Alhaji Bala Wunti explained that as part of measures to stop felling of trees by people to make firewood and charcoals for cooking, the oil company would soon launch an LPG strategy to encourage the utilisation of natural resources as alternative sources of energy in the country.

“That is the strategic focus that under the leadership of the Group Managing Director we are going to pursue”, he said.

Responding, the Emir of Bauchi, Rilwanu Suleiman Adamu thanked the NNPC boss and his team for the visit saying that the gesture was a demonstration of his love to the people of the state and then assured the Company that the money would get to the victims through the committee set up by the state government.