Kunle Adelabu
Beneficiaries across the 98 Wards in the Lagos East Senatorial District have been given their financial support for the month of September by Senator Tokunbo Abiru, the Senator representing the District in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja.
The support, tagged, ‘Senator Tokunbo Abiru COVID-19 Financial Relief’, has been on since January this year with 1, 079 beneficiaries receiving N5000 monthly.
According to a statement today by Mr Enitan Olukotun, the Special Adviser to the Senator on Media & Publicity, he said that beneficiaries from the 16 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the District received their monetary support today through credit alert in their respective bank accounts.
“For nine (9) consecutive month running, 1,079 beneficiaries of the Senator Tokunbo Abiru COVID-19 Financial Assistance received direct credit in their respective bank accounts today across 98 wards in the 16 Local Governments and the Local Council Development Areas in the Lagos East Senatorial District”, he said.
“Those that benefitted this September belong to the Batch A category. Over a thousand beneficiaries in category B will receive support next month.
“The COVID-19 support scheme, was kicked – off in January, 2021, in fulfilment of the promise made by the distinguished Senator during the electioneering to assist the poorest of the poor across the Lagos East Senatorial District.
“Selected beneficiaries have been getting N5000 assistance bi-monthly (i.e once in two months) since the beginning of the year and it will run through the year by way of direct credit to their bank accounts.
“Beneficiaries include physically-challenged persons, aged, unemployed youths, widows and other vulnerable people in the senatorial District”, he said.
Mr Oukotun, in the statement, also listed some of the activities of the Senator which he said have had direct benefit on the people since assuming office 10 months ago.
“Concerned about the plight of constituents and other road users plying Ikorodu/Sagamu Road and Ikorodu/Itoikin/Epe Epe Road, the distinguished Senator moved a motion calling on the Federal Government to urgently intervene on the two critical roads”, he recalled.
“Following the motion, Contractors have since moved to a site on Ikorodu Sagamu Road.
“Under same period, Senator Tokunbo Abiru sponsored a bill titled, ‘The Copyright Act Repeal And Re-enactment Bill, 2021’, that will replace the extant Copyright Act Cap C28 LFN 2004.
“The critical bill that will revolutionize the knowledge and intellectual property industry has scaled second reading on the floor of the Senate. Public hearing will be held on the bill in October”, he said.
“The Distinguished Senator also facilitated four blocks of 24 classrooms equipped with furniture and modern instructional materials, 16 toilets to Aga Primary School. The completed blocks of classrooms are completed and billed for commissioning soon.
“In Epe, a mini stadium is currently under construction. A 40-bed Primary Health Centre is coming to Agboyi-Ketu LCDA”, he said.
“In October, a whopping 600 brilliant tertiary institution students in the Lagos East Senatorial District will benefit from the Senator’s Annual Bursary Scheme.
“And in November, The Office of Senator Abiru, in partnership with Fate Foundation, will train about 1, 000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the District in a two-day MSME Clinic”, Olukotun said in the statement
