Rotary presidentcondemns attackon AdadamaCommunity of Cross River

The Rotary Club of Calabar, Cross River State, has donated relief materials worth thousands of naira to the displaced people of Adadama Community in Abi
Local Government Area of the state.
The items included food stuff and toiletries such as rice, noodles, salt, detergent and other sundry items.
Presenting the materials, the President of the club Mr Akpanke Ogar, said that the gesture was informed by the high evidence of socio-economic trauma the affected people of the community were experiencing.
He said that the Rotary Club, which is a philanthropic organisation, had observed with dismay, the unwarranted suffering of the people as a result of invasion of the community by the Ameagu
people of Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebony State, over land tussle.
The Adadama Community in Cross River was attacked by their Ameagu neighbours from Ebonyi
State early this year. Several lives and properties were lost.
Ogar wondered why such misunderstanding between two brother neighbours should degenerate to the level of the destruction of lives and property,
which has deprived the people of their sources of livelihood.
The club’s president expressed the hope that the materials would be of use to the affected people of
Adadama.
The Director-General, State Emergency Management
Agency (SEMA), Mr Vincent Aquah, who accompanied the donors, said that he was thrilled by the show of love exhibited by the club and called on other philanthropic organisations to support the
people.
The Director General, who was represented by the deputy-director on Information, Mr David Akate,
commended the people for their patience and confidence in government and advised against any form of reprisals.
Receiving the materials on behalf of the community, Chairman, Adadama Relief Distribution Committee, Elder Emmanuel Ibangha ,commended the Rotary
Club of Calabar for the kind gesture, saying that the materials would go a long way in meeting the needs of the people.
He also expressed gratitude to the state government, who, through the  SEMA, sustained the care for the people.
Elder Ibangha regretted that the declaration of the farm land of Adadama people as buffer zone,
restricting the agrarian community from harvesting their crops had further compounded the poor socio-economic economic status of the already traumatised people.