NGO disburse relief packages to Ota community

               
                

LOCKDOWN: NGO’s disburse COVID ’19 Relief Package to community residents in Ogun State, Call for Government Intervention.

Amidst the Lockdown declared by the federal Government of Nigeria, which Lagos, Abuja and Ogun resident movement is being restricted in-order to curb the widespread of corona virus also known as COVID ‘19. A Non-Governmental Organization in Ogun State, YouCAN EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE, on Sunday commenced the disbursement of COVID ’19 Relief Packages which were majorly food items to members of Tigbo-ilu community in the Ilogbo axis of the Ado Odo Ota Local Government in Ogun State in-order to Support the community members who are indoor to have food stuff which they could rely on during the lockdown period.

The disbursement which took place on Sunday 12th April, 2020. Within the Tigbo-ilu community of the Ilogbo axis, where the most vulnerable were targeted, which were majorly the old women, old men, widows and widowers who could not afford to survive during this lockdown period in the community.

According to the President of the YouCAN Empowerment Initiative, Dotun Arogundade, while presenting the COVID ’19 Relief Package to the community members at their door steps, few members of the initiatives, said the initiative has came up with the project so as to ensure that people are Supported with something to live on, because most of the old men and women, widow and widowers do not have enough due to the fact that food items shared by the government didn’t reach the whole community.

“it is our responsibility to ensure that members of the community are taken care of, because they can only be proud of us when they are alive, giving them something to support them like food items as we are presently doing is the only option to assist and show our love to them, their prayers and blessing, happiness and gladness are what we want from them, we do not want to see them starving  or lacking food”.

“Truly the government has been helping but unfortunately, what is being disbursed by the government couldn’t circulate to every corner of the state, but in a bid to support the government we are disbursing food items to members of the community, to tell them that the youth love them”. 

Arogundade further explained that, YouCAN Empowerment Initiative is currently made up of Youths within Lagos and Ogun State, he also revealed that food items distributed were gotten from some Philanthropists within the Ilogbo community. Donations such as money and food items were received, which later help them to be able to arrive at providing food packages for the Most vulnerable in the community.

The President of the initiative further call for the intervention of the government and other well to do Nigerians, to assist them to be able to disburse more Relief Package to the community members, as the initiative was only able to meet with a target of 50 community members, hence many didn’t receive the package due to lack of more items to distribute.

Our correspondence during an interview with the beneficiaries of the YouCAN Empowerment Initiative package, gathered that members of the community were glad receiving the COVID ’19 Relief package as they shower prayers and happiness was shown in their faces which they couldn’t hide while receiving the items, some were seen dancing while receiving the package. They also implore the initiative not to get tired of helping the needy even after COVID ’19 pandemic is over.

Recall that the President of the Federation, Muhammadu Buhari has added more days, which will last as long as scientific advisers declare they are necessary, in a bid to reduce the widespread of the Corona Virus.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Senior Assistant on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu, released on 11th April, 2020.

{Sanni Sodiq / penpushing.com}