Veteran labour leader, Peter Eseleon, Wednesday donated 150 bags of rice to 150 families at Uhordua community in Ubiaja in the Esan West Local Government Area of Edo.
Esele, a former President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, said the gesture was to give families succour during the Christmas and New Year festivities.
Presenting the items to the families, Esele said he was giving the foodstuff to appreciate his community for its role in nurturing him to success.
According to him, the community has made huge impact in influencing his upbringing, growth and career development from his childhood to adulthood.
“Showing appreciation in whatever little way goes a long way to letting the community know that it is appreciated for its role in one’s humble beginning.
“There is no better time to show such love and appreciation than a time when everyone is celebrating the gift of God in the birth of Jesus Christ.”
He told Nigerian communities to continue to give advice, corrections, prayers and support to every child for a better society.
“What a child becomes in life is not just as a result of his immediate and direct family but through the role of the community which is the greater family.
“It is in view of this that again I have come to appreciate you my fathers and mothers and say thank you for your prayers and support to me over the years.
“I assure you that although I have been doing this for the past five years, God willing, I will try to sustain it in the years ahead,” Esele stated.
One of the beneficiaries, Mrs Mabel Saturday, thanked the activist for the gesture, recalling that she had been benefitting from the initiative over the years.
Similarly, another beneficiary, Mrs Dora Omozokpai, lauded Esele for the donation, thanking him for making many families in his community to smile during the yuletide.
Also, Mrs Philomena Eboje, said she was elated by the fact that Esele had demonstrated that there were still people who appreciated that a man’s success and in life was a result of more than the role played by his biological family.
She thanked the former labour leader and prayed God to continue to prosper him.
