Group lifts Lagos residents with food palliatives

The Lafiaji Development Association (LDA) has lifted distributed food palliatives to residents of Lagos Island to cushion the hard times.

The association said the initiative would cater for vulnerable residents in the five zones of the community – Simpson; Ije; Oke-Suna; Obalende and Araromi.

Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Ope George, who is also a member of the LDA, said the initiative is to support the people and give back to the community.

He said: “It is a food bank initiative. So we’re here to support our people and give back to the community. It is one of the first as we’ll try to continue to do more as we go ahead. But this is just one of our initiatives to try and give back to the people.

“We need to ensure that we’re our neighbor’s, our brother’s keeper. So, as an association that is part of the community, we know what they need. It’s for us to try as much as possible to help our fellow brothers and sisters within our community.”

President of the association Adekunle Ganzalo said: “LDA is a non-political association and has existed for over 30 years. We have always given back to our community. We have given eyeglasses to people, free health care, as well as sanitation exercises once every month, even before the military started the environmental sanitation.”

While urging people to be patient with the government, Ganzalo said: We know the country’s situation is not good, and we feel we should assist our people so that everybody can survive.

“We are giving out bags of rice, garri, spaghetti, packs of tea bags, semo, salt and sugar mainly to the old in a percentage of 60, while we give 40 to the youth.”

A beneficiary, Elder Taiwo Affini, thanked the group, and described the initiative as ‘laudable and encouraging’.