Jare Babatunde
Vulnerable residents in Lagos East Senatorial District have continued to receive COVID – 19 Relief Financial Assistance from the senator representing the District, Sen. Mikhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA.
The direct payment to the 2,500 beneficiaries on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, made it the 17 consecutive months of such payment to electorates by Abiru as part of his support for vulnerable constituents of cushioning the effect of the pandemic.
According to Mr Enitan Olukotun, the Special Adviser to the Senator on Media and Publicity, beneficiaries of the scheme were nominated by 98 ward chairmen, Party chairmen, Community Development Committees (CDCs), Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC)leaders, Royal fathers, League of Imams, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and notable leaders in the 16 LGs/LCDAs of the Lagos East Senatorial district.
The scheme was earlier planned to terminate in December 2021, but the Senator graciously continued in the New Year as the economic headwinds occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic are yet to fully abate.
Abiru, fondly called the #DoingGood Senator, said his concern for the plight of the poor necessitated the continuation of the financial support to ease the hardship of the vulnerable at the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid.
The categories of beneficiaries include people with physical disabilities, widows, aged, unemployed youth and women drawn from the 98 wards in the 16 LGs/LCDAs of the Senatorial district.
The #DoingGood Senator who has been delivering on his mantra of , ‘ Greater good to the larger number of people’ , has been greatly commended for his novel interventions and programmes.
