December 22, (THEWILL) – The councilor representing Ward 4, in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state, Miss Wisdom Enang has risen to the aid of a family of five trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building, but rescued by kind neighbours in Ikot Nkim village.
Amid dancing, praising and occasional shouts of hallelujah, the husband, wife and the rescued children fought back tears to acknowledge the benevolence of God, who, according to them manifested through a serving councilor and deputy leader of the Etim Ekpo local government legislative council.
Speaking while commissioning the two-bedroom apartment, the commissioner for information and strategy, Comrade Iniobong Ememobong, described the gesture as “unprecedented”.
The commissioner, who was represented by the special assistant to the governor on public affairs, Mr. Morgan Ekanem, commended Miss Enang for demonstrating part of the best legacies of Governor Udom Emmanuel’s administration of lifting people out of poverty.
He charged other political office holders to emulate the councilor who committed her lean resources into saving and providing succuor, especially “at this period of the country’s socio-economic down-turn.”
The chairman of Etim Ekpo Council, Hon Imeh Afia, expressed delight and commended the councilor for being in a light and a tool for development in her domain.
Afia, who was represented by the Leader of Council, Hon.Uduakobong Udofa, described the lawmaker as “a woman of conscience with a milk of human kindness flowing over her system,” as he prayed to God for more blessings and charged her to “continue with your good work of empowering the people.”
Miss Enang, in an interaction with a THEWILL correspondent in Uyo, said she was moved to tears, “when the news of my people trapped and rescued in a collapsed building reached me.
“When I heard the pathetic story, I had to pray to God, who gave me the enablement to accept to come to the rescue of my people. Everybody knows that times are really hard now, but I had no other option than to clear my account to build this two-bedroom apartment for them.”
Mrs. Inem Idungafa, exuding joy, recalled that; She, her husband and their three children were chased out from our family compound. Our Church, Church of Christ, rallied a build a mud house for us, but the house collapsed during the rainy season and trapped all of us, including my last child, Abasianwam, who was already buried in the rubbles of the collapsed house.
“My waist was badly hit, and neighbours came to rescue us. We had to move to the nearby cubicle built in the premises of a public water station to pass every night in fear of being killed or attacked by night marauders, until help from a Samaritan woman with good heart for the poor and down-trodden, only God will reward her,” she narrated.
