Different food items and cash gifts have been showered on members of Otun Ekiti Ward one as a way of providing succour to the people during this Easter festival.
Distributing the Easter food at a funfair ceremony in Otun Ekiti, the Coordinator of Widows, Aged and Orphans Hope, WAHO, Project Mrs Kemi Dairo-Dada, who is also the initiator of the programme, noted that the step taken was a heartfelt gesture of love to her constituents.
The Governor’s wife’s aide, who also said giving back to the people would go a long way to impact the lives of the people, explained that shouldering assistance during festive periods like this Easter remained a means of practical care and kind gesture, most especially when it matters most.
Mrs Dairo-Dada who sought the People’s cooperation with Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s led administration, highlighted various intervention programmes of Ekiti State Governor’s wife Dr Olayemi Oyebanji which is aimed at reducing people’s sufferings including taking care of the aged, sponsoring the education of orphans, empowering the widows, training of the unemployed youths in Adire Ekiti making among many others.
“It’s also another step to further trickle down Governor Oyebanji and the First Lady’s social and grassroots impact, bringing governance closer to the people, deepening empathy-driven leadership, and reinforcing the administration’s commitment to inclusive welfare” She said.
The WAHO Coordinator expressed concern that people who needed such assistance were numerous going by the prevalent economic condition and therefore sought the support of the entire people of Moba Local Government with the present administration while assuring them that the economic condition would soon get better.
In their separate remarks, Some of the dignitaries at the occasion including the Director General Ekiti State Waste Management Authority, Mr Olasunkanmi Onipede, the chairman of Moba Local Government, Mr Bamidele Fadogba appreciated the gesture adding that the present administration would continue to receive the support of Moba people owing to various developmental projects executed across the state by the State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji.
They added that the food items and cash gifts distributed were a way of cushioning the economic situation in the country and supporting the needy in Ekiti State.
