The Lagos State Government has announced its partnership with the God Bless Nigeria Church, a subsidiary of the Freedom Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, to launch initiatives aimed at rehabilitating and empowering communities in Lagos State.
The Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu during a rally in Lagos disclosed that the initiatives would be focused on providing medically assisted detoxification to individuals aged between 17 to 59 who are struggling with addiction to alcohol and hard drug substances.
He said that his administration is passionate about collaborating and up-scaling the efforts of the God Bless Nigeria so as to cater for the rehabilitation needs of drug and alcohol dependent persons in regions across the state.
“We are delighted that God Bless Nigeria has decided to collaborate with the government to come to Agege to rehabilitate and empower its residents.
“We decided to partner with Freedom Foundation and God Bless Nigeria because they have been achieving great things in their efforts towards rehabilitating and empowering helpless and homeless people across the shores of the state,” Lagos State governor said.
On his part, Convener Freedom Foundation, Tony Rapu explained that the collaboration between the Lagos State government would enhance the capacity of the Freedom Foundation and God Bless Nigeria to rehabilitate and empower communities in need of rehabilitation, thereby driving economic recovery of the state and nation as a whole.
He pointed out that the organization remains dedicated towards conducting schemes and initiatives that help in getting people off the streets of Lagos State and into homes, as well as providing them with skills which enables them to be able to contribute economically to the development of the state.
He said: “we did our research to find out the slums of Lagos State and decided those are the people and places we want to take our empowerment schemes to.
“Since the inception of our foundation and church we have been counselling individuals from slums and helping them find better homes and jobs.
“We believe that we are not only helping the individuals because when we help people get off the streets and illicit activities we are also helping the environment to get better,” Tony Rapu said.