The Senator, representing Lagos West Senatorial district, Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule, yesterday, flagged off the distribution of palliatives to 10,000 members of her constituency, promising more and better palliatives in the days ahead.
Speaking at the kick off ceremony, Adebule said to prevent a rowdy scene, the 10,000 beneficiaries were not assembled in a location, disclosing that just few persons were picked across the different demography of beneficiaries from the 10 local councils to commence the distribution.
Contained in each pack were food items such as rice, semovita, vegetable oil, garri, pasta and tomato paste.Providing the basis for her gesture, Adebule said that as Nigerians grapple with the fallouts of the ongoing economic reforms, it must be acknowledged that the cost of living crisis is a global phenomenon and not peculiar to Nigeria.
“However, the inconvenient sacrifices we are making today to build a more resilient economy is for a better, brighter and bountiful tomorrow.
“Meanwhile, as your Senator, my primary duties are to propose laws that will help us achieve our goals, represent the interest of my constituents, and oversight the executive arm of government to ensure better service delivery.
“However, during tough times like this in the life of our nation, it is also a matter of duty and responsibility for me to support my constituents through social intervention programmes.”
According to her, in the last nine months, she has implemented some support programmes, which included regular distribution of food items during national celebration.
“In particular, about a thousand bags of rice were distributed in December 2023 to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal so that our people can also celebrate the yuletide.”
She also said young and old farmers were supported with sizeable number of bags of fertiliser in November 2023 to help in the preparation for the planting season, aside facilitating the training of 200 young people on fisheries at the Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research, Victoria Island with each participant given starter capital of N100,000.
Adebule requested unflinching support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in his quest to revamp the economy and secure country, as well as Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, who is working tirelessly to make Lagos State a better place for all.
“The good people of Lagos West Senatorial District, as I said earlier, my best is yet to come, expect more, and it would be bigger and better. I will never the tired of giving support to my people because you are the reason I am standing here today,” she stated.
The Director General of the Dr Idiat Adebule Organisation, Rasaq Ajala, said the palliatives would be distributed across the different sub socio-cultural and religious groups, organisations as well as ethnic nationalities within the 10 local councils in the Lagos West Senatorial District.
The Chairman of the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, commended the senator for distributing the palliatives to members of the Lagos West Senatorial District, which shows she is a progressive and belongs to a party of progressive.
Ojelabi, however, implored Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu as the economic reforms which may have brought some hardship will yield positive results very soon.
