In a heartwarming display of corporate social responsibility, Mainstream Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited, has donated relief materials to the victims of the devastating Mokwa floods.
The Mainstream Foundation team was led by its Programme Manager Zayyan Illo to Mokwa, where
the distribution of much-needed relief materials took place.
During the visit, Zayyan Illo expressed the foundation’s heartfelt condolences to the Government and People of Niger State, particularly those affected by the disaster in Mokwa.
He said, “As an organisation directly involved in community development, we are deeply saddened by this calamity and our heart goes out to the people of Mokwa. We have seen the immediate challenges posed by this calamity and the despondency that has engulfed the town. Mainstream Foundation is here to support during this difficult time”. What we are giving out today includes food items such as rice, spaghetti, sugar, and spices, including household essentials like mattresses, blankets, and buckets. Each beneficiary is also provided with minimal funds to aid in their stabilisation.
Salamatu Saidu of Gangaren Hausawa, one of the beneficiaries of the Foundation’s intervention, said, “I lost everything. Even what I am wearing was donated to me. I am so grateful for this company, and may the Almighty bless them.
Another beneficiary, Zainab Ilyasu said as she shed tears, “My children were rescued from under rubble, still alive, but not all my neighbours came out alive. Only the Almighty Allah can bless this foundation enough. They have come to us, given us food items and even what to sleep on, including money to make soup. May the Almighty cover them and increase them”.
Olugbenga Adebola, Head of Corporate Communications at Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited, stated that the Management of Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited has never spared resources in supporting communities. Today, Mainstream Foundation is intervening in the Mokwa situation and our strategy has always been to intervene directly so that these much-needed items go directly to the beneficiaries.
It is the hallmark of our interventions. As one of the first successor companies of the old PHCN, Manstream Foundation was the first duly registered foundation in the power sector and has always reached out to communities directly.
Adebola addressed the misinformation circulating in some online media about the cause of the flood, clarifying that none of the tributaries leading to the Kainji or Jebba dams pass through Mokwa, making it geographically implausible for water from these dams to have caused the flood, and even the authorities have dispelled this.
He urged such media houses to desist from spreading false information and instead focus on raising awareness of heavy rains and flash floods.