The Chairman of Oriade Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos, Ramotalai Akinlola-Hassan, has lauded Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the provision of various food items to Lagosians as palliative.
The gesture, she said, was to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal.
Akinlola-Hassan made the commendation at the council secretariat while taking delivery of the food boxes and bags of rice, beans and garri for distribution to residents of the council, particularly in wards H and I, and others in the upland of the council.
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The council chairman stated that the gesture by the governor would go a long way in ameliorating the pains and suffering, millions of Lagos residents were going through.
Akinlola-Hassan appealed to Nigerians to exercise patience and understanding with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration over some of the tough economic policies.
She added that the pains and suffering being experienced by them would not last forever, because they (ordinary Nigerians) would be the major beneficiaries of the positive outcome of the policies.
On the distribution of the food items to residents of Oriade LCDA, she stated that she would ensure there was fair, equitable, effective and efficient distribution to vulnerable residents in the council area.
The food items were 50kg of bags of rice, beans, garri shared in food boxes containing 10kg of rice, 5kg of beans and 5kg of garri.