For the teaming people of Edo State who have already giving up hope of buying rice for next month Christmas celebration due to the astronomical price, the “Rice Man”, Kenneth Imansuangbon says do not despair.
He said the month of December, every year where he shares bags of rice and other freebies across the 18 local governor of the state though fast approaching, will not pass the people by.
Being a man that keeps to the promises he said no matter the odds, and not minding that rice which is a staple food is fast disappearing from the dinning tables, “Imansuangbon is not changing course in my avowed annual humanitarian gesture”, he declared.
On November 16, the foremost Labour Party (LP) gubernatorial hopeful wrote a letter to Mr. Kelly Igbaloi, the Chairman of the party in Edo State, seeking for his permission to tour the 18 local government areas and share rice to party faithfuls.
The letter, which was also copied the party’s National Chairman, Mr. Felix Abure, and National Working Committee (NWC) members, the 18 local government chairmen and 192 ward chairmen, read thus:
“To the glory of God’s faithfulness and His kindness, my family and I have in the past 20 years shown little kindness through the distribution of rice and other things to the people of Edo State.
“This year I am elated and thankful that I am extending this kind gesture once again across the 18 local government areas of our dear state as a Labour Party (LP) member but more importantly I will be seeking your permission to visit the LP Secretariat to distribute rice as this has been my tradition in the past 20 years.
“Please find attached, the schedule of my movement so as to enable you give directives to all local government chairmen and its executives; ward chairmen and its executives; as well as two leaders of each ward on this glorious and victorious tour.”
Imansuangbon’s gesture is a confirmation of his desire to ensure that he implements a people oriented governance system when he gets to Osadebey Avenue next year.