BlueLight Traders Leadership Condemns “Regrettable” Rejection of Donation
The Interim Executives of BlueLight Traders Association have condemned the rejection of donation from the Interior Minister, Muntaka Mubarak, by some victims of the fire outbreak at Adum PZ.
It characterised the action of those traders as disrespectful in a statement issued on Thursday.
“The Interim Executive of the BlueLight Traders Association (BTLA) wishes to publicly condemn the unfortunate incident involving the disrespectful behaviour by some young individuals during the visit of the Minister of Interior, Hon. Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka, to our community.”
The leadership further apologised for the “regrettable” event as it acknowledged and appreciated the concern and effort of the Minister.
“The Minister had generously come to offer support and present food items to affected mothers and children who had tragically lost everything, including their means to secure daily meals, due to the recent fire outbreak.”
“We sincerely apologize to Hon. Muntaka for this regrettable occurrence, believing strongly that this action was a result of misunderstanding and miscommunication among some members.”
Distancing itself from the conduct of the traders, the Association said it in no way reflects the intentions of the Association as a whole and requested the return of the donation.
“We deeply appreciate Hon. Muntakar’s empathy, compassion, and assurance to assist in reconstructing the devastated BlueLight trading area. We respectfully appeal for the return of the donated items to be properly distributed to our affected members.”
Following the visit of the Minister to the fire scene on Wednesday, he sent bags of rice, oil and boxes of soap to the victims.
The irate traders rejected the reliefs items which were in trucks and sent them back.
In some viral videos of the incident, the traders said they were in need of capital to restart their businesses and not rice.
Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini
