COVID-19 UPDATE: LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT RE-STRATEGISES ON ITS SOCIAL STIMULUS PALLIATIVE MEASURES.

The palliative programs designed to assist the indigent and aged as announced by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu prior to the restriction of movement came with a lot of applaud.

This social stimulus relief was to cater for an initial 200,000 specified beneficiaries within Lagos State, however this laudable initiative from all indication was hijacked by the very people who were to see to the seamless distribution. This is, to say the least, sickening and an act of wickedness in such a critical time as this in the history of the world. 

Despite this set back, the Lagos State Government is determined, more than ever, to deliver on their promise to bring succour to the people.

It is to this end that the Lagos State Government stated during a Press Briefing on Saturday on its progress on containing the COVID-19 virus its next line of action.

“My dear Lagosians, you will recall that when we began this battle, I promised you that the vulnerable and indigent segment of our society would not be abandoned or left behind. It was in this vein, that I approved a Welfare Program under which 200,000 households were targeted in the first phase, for the distribution of food items and other essential items.

“While the Program has since begun to make a positive difference in the lives of many of the intended beneficiaries, I must also acknowledge that there have been hitches and snags in some aspects of the implementation.

“It is not as though, we never envisaged teething problems along the way, but I must tell you that our major focus was to roll out without delay and fine-tune the modalities as we continued with program expansion.

“What we, however, did not reckon with, was the extent to which some people would go to deliberately undermine and sabotage a program intended to bring succor to the poorest among us. This kind of malicious behavior is unacceptable, and we will leave no stone unturned in ensuring that all the culprits are identified and appropriately punished.

“I must assure you that we have since returned to the drawing board for a more superior strategy to ensure that this laudable program is not compromised by the sheer irresponsibility of a few and that the full palliative impact is realized across the State”

Let us all corporate with the Lagos State Government as they work assiduously to bring succour to Lagosians, and as we observe the stay-at-home directive in a bid to win this battle against COVID-19.
#StaySafe

Nelly N. Ohuche


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