Mariam Akinloye
Over 8,500 households in the Lagos East Senatorial District, today, benefited from the Ileya edition of the food pack distribution programme of Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, the Senator representing the Lagos East Senatorial District.
The excited beneficiaries, who were drawn from the 16 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas of the district, thronged to various venues of the food pack distribution, to pick their packages.
At the Senator Abiru Constituency Office in lkorodu where the distribution of the food packs were coordinated by aides to the Senator, youth representatives, selected councilors and others, were widows, special people and nominees from wards, youth groups, religious bodies, CDC/CDA among others.
In a statement by the Media Aide to the Senator, Mr. Enitan Olukotun, he stated that the kind gesture was coming barely 90 days after the Senator shared over 10,000 foodpacks to residents, particularly vulnerable people in the Senatorial District, in commemoration of his 60th birthday.
Senator Abiru, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, and also Chairman, Southern Senators’ Forum, in his Sallah goodwill message to the esteemed constituents of the district, reiterated his commitment to the pursuit of laws, programmes and interventions that will improve their quality of life, and that of all Nigerians.
He expressed concerns over the state of the economy, particularly the high cost of staple food during this festive season, and he enjoined the people to exercise patience with the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the far-reaching policy decisions of his administration will soon start producing desired results.
Senator Abiru expressed optimism that his Food Packs Programme will further cushion the impact of the hardship on Lagos East residents, amidst other frantic interventions of the Federal Government, in ensuring food security, commodity prices stability and various interventions by our own State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu.
It should be noted that this is not the first direct humanitarian assistance for the needy that Senator Abiru has done. It would be recalled that the Lagos East Senator disbursed more than N150 million Naira in about 24 months to over 2,500 vulnerable people under his COVID-19 Financial Relief Scheme. Every month, beneficiaries received direct credit of N5,000 each for the period the programme lasted.
The distribution of these food packs is to put a smile on the faces of residents of Lagos East Senatorial District, and to ensure they have merry Eid-el-Kabir Sallah celebrations.
Some of the beneficiaries that spoke with THE IMPACT were appreciative of the gesture of the Senator, which they said would feed their families for the festive period.
