C' River Government Visits Family Of Victims Killed in Landslide, Offers Medical, and Relief Support

The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has condoled with the family of Ndifreke Sylvester over the colossal loss of their four children as a result of a landslide attack on their building.

The Governor who was represented by the Director General of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Janet Ekpenyong at the General Hospital Calabar, could not hide her emotions as she was seen visibly weeping over the unrepairable damages suffered by the Ndifreke's family.

According to the DG, this has been one of the most terrific news she has heard as she promised to keep a day-to-day watch on the survivals and ensure that best practices are carried out on the survivals all through their stay in the General Hospital.

She further promised the family the Government's commitment to ensure that, their welfare and those of the surviving children will be well taken care of at all times.

"This is very sad news to behold, waking up to hear of this quantum loss and unimaginable circumstances have left me devastated all day.

It's not easy to lose a loved one talk more of having four of your children killed in one day, the Governor and his dear wife Senator Ben and Dr . Linda Ayade sympathize with the family, and that is why they have sent me here to come to visit the family, provide both medical and welfare Support and to see that, the two surviving kids are doing well and responding to treatment.

Surely, we will pay all their medical bills and we will relate with our sister agencies to see that their house is being worked upon and made comfortable for them to live in again, both the man and the woman require some mental and psychological checks and will see to their well being concerning that".

They said the unfortunate incident which occurred at Okong-Mbang village, off Nasarawa Community Road, 8 miles from Malabar left residents and family members devastated and will remain a horror to the affected family for years to come.

They had woken up to a sad reality of immeasurable loss to lives and properties and ever since, have remained devastated as expressed in their facial looks and uncoordinated behavior since the incident on July 11th,2022.

According to eyewitnesses, the collapsed building was a result of a heavy downpour which had created a raven-like formation on the land and caused trees to proot which fell on the affected building, killing four out of the total 6 Children in the house with the disabled husband and wife escaping

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