By: Ike Philip Abiagom
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n Asaba based Real Estate mogul,Politician,and Philanthropist,Hon.Leo Nkeaka, who is fond of putting smiles on the faces of the less privileged and who has always advocated for people to cultivate the habit of giving unconditionally, has celebrated Christmas and New Year with residents of Ward 8 in Ibusa of Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.
In the spirit of Christmas and New Year Celebrations, Hon.Leo Nkeaka distributed over two million naira, including 500 bags of rice,1000 live chicken, 500 wrappers and other items to different groups in Ibusa, including the less privileged, elders of Ward 8,women, widows, disabled, hospital patients, traders, among others.
The items were distributed when he hosted youths,leaders,widows and family members to a Christmas party in his family Country home at Umueze-Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area had over 2000 beneficiaries from the entire Ward 8 in Ibusa rejoicing over the magnanimity of the philanthropist, whom they said gave them hope of celebrating the birth of Christ like other families every year.
Earlier before the onset of the Yuletide, Hon.Leo Nkeaka had distributed N10,000 each to more than 50 people of Umueze extraction, while others received either N15,000, N20,000 or N50,000, depending on the size of their families, even as more than 100 people were randomly gifted N2,000 each, either at home, market or on the street.
Also, being of the Leo Nkeaka matrilineal family,Nkeaka distributed bags of rice and cash gifts to executive members of Nkeaka, who visited him on Christmas day (as they usually do every yuletide).
On social media, many Deltans are still showering praises on Leo Nkeaka as more than 100 Facebook users benefited airtime of different denominations and networks from the humanitarian, including MTN, Airtel, Glo and 9Mobile.
Even members of his staff were not left out in the Christmas largesse as Nkeaka randomly distributed bags of rice to them, with a sick staff receiving N25, 000 to help in offsetting her hospital bills.
Meanwhile, in support of her husband’s humanitarian gesture, his wife equally distributed over 100 wrappers to widows of Umueze extraction, irrespective of their communities.
In an exclusive chat with Newsmen, the philanthropist, Hon. Leo Nkeaka, said that he was moved to remember the widows, his Political Ward 8 and less privileged this yuletide because it is a season of giving and showing love as he loves giving back to society and not for political reasons.
He said: “The distribution of these bags of rice,500 Rappers, 1000 chicken, cartoons of tin tomatoes and cash is borne out of the need to express love to our people, particularly widows and the disabled persons in seasons like this. It is our modest contribution to our immediate environment and a way of giving back to society. After all, we rise by lifting others. Recently too, we’ve been into a few of similar gestures for other strata of the society. We intend to do more in due course.
“Nevertheless, my advice to my people of Ward 8 this Xmas is that as we go about our merriment, let us not forget the essence of the season; to show love to one another and put smiles on as many faces as possible. We do not need to own the world to be able to lend a helping hand. Let the popular proverb that a bone to the dog is not charity, that charity is a bone shared with the dog when you’re as hungry as it is, always be our watchword.”
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