The Chairman of Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Adetola Abubakar, has reaffirmed her commitment to people-centred governance with the launch of four major intervention programmes aimed at improving welfare, security and service delivery across the council.
The programmes are the Adetola Food Bank for widows, the elderly and the less privileged; the We Care (WICARE) Initiative to support residents with health, education and emergency needs; a cash intervention scheme for indigent residents; and the provision of patrol and utility vehicles to security agencies, religious bodies and key local government departments.
Abubakar said the interventions were to prioritise the needs of residents and ensure that governance is felt at the grassroots.
“Everything we are doing is about the people. Governance must go beyond policies; it must translate to real support that touches lives,” she said.
She explained that the Adetola Food Bank was designed to provide immediate relief to vulnerable residents across communities.
On the We Care initiative, the chairman said the programme would serve as a safety net for residents facing health, educational and emergency challenges.
Abubakar said “We did not sit in the office to compile names. We went into the communities, engaged stakeholders and identified those who genuinely need food support. Today, 500 beneficiaries are going home with rice, beans, yam and other essential food items to ease the burden of daily living.
“There are people who need urgent surgeries, students with excellent results who have gained admission but lack sponsorship, and families whose houses have been demolished. Under We Care, the local government is giving them a shoulder to lean on. Once a request is verified and found genuine, we will stand firmly by our people.”
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Abubakar said 500 residents benefited from the cash intervention scheme, each receiving N100,000 as economic support to help stabilise their livelihoods.
She added that the council provided patrol and utility vehicles to strengthen security and improve service delivery.
“For transparency’s sake, the money went directly from the local government’s account into the beneficiaries’ personal accounts. There was no middleman, no manipulation, and people received their alerts right here during the programme.”
“We provided patrol vehicles to security agencies to support their work and keep our communities safe. We also provided utility vehicles to religious organisations such as CAN and the League of Imams, as well as key departments of the local government, to enhance community engagement, project monitoring and revenue generation,” she said.
Lagos State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Cornelius Ojelabi, commended Abubakar’s performance, describing her first 100 days in office as impactful and people-oriented.
“From what we have seen and the documents before us, the number of roads under construction and the efforts to lift people out of poverty by supporting their businesses are commendable.
