By Sunday Oguntola
The Foursquare Gospel Church has donated food items to Lagos State Government to cushion effects of the lockdown on vulnerable residents.
General Overseer of the church, Rev. Sam Aboyeji, presented the items, which were received by Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, at the weekend in Ikeja.
The items 200 cartons of noodle and 500 bags of five kilogrammes of rice, he said demonstrate the church’s many efforts in promoting corporate social responsibility, “especially at this critical period of combating COVID-19 pandemic as the lockdown entered second phase of another 14 days.”
Aboyeji said: “As a partner with the government, the church has been praying and will continue to pray for an end to the pandemic, which has severely and negatively impacted Nigeria as well as many other countries of the world.”
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Receiving the items on behalf of the State Government, Olusanya, appreciated the kind gesture, which she noted came at an appropriate time of the second phase of the lockdown.
She said: “This came at an appropriate time. It will go a long way in complementing the ongoing emergency food response of the state government in providing palliatives for the teeming populace, especially the restive youths.
“We really appreciate this and seize the opportunity to call on other well-meaning organisations and religious bodies to emulate this gesture.”
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