Lagos council distributes food palliatives to vulnerable residents

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The Chairman of Ojodu Local Council Development Area in Lagos, David Odunmbaku, has distributed food palliatives to vulnerable households in the council. Read More:…

The Chairman of Ojodu Local Council Development Area, David Odunmbaku, has distributed food palliatives to vulnerable households in the council area, including persons with disabilities.

The distribution was held at the council secretariat on Thursday as part of efforts by the council to provide food support to residents affected by prevailing economic conditions.

Speaking at the event, Odunmbaku said the exercise was intended to provide relief to households facing rising food prices and the increasing cost of essential commodities.

“Today’s distribution of food palliatives is a deliberate intervention aimed at cushioning the effects of prevailing economic realities and providing much-needed relief to households grappling with the rising cost of food and other essential commodities,” he said.

He said the distribution was part of his administration’s HEYS RELOADED Agenda, which covers Health, Education, Youth and Women Empowerment, and Social Infrastructure.

The chairman said the council had implemented several welfare programmes since his administration began, including food subsidies and distributions targeted at vulnerable groups.

Among the programmes he listed was a food bank subsidy initiative through which residents received food items such as rice, beans, garri, palm oil, groundnut oil, yam, tomatoes, eggs, onions, chicken and beef.

Odunmbaku also listed the distribution of food palliatives to persons with disabilities and security enforcement agencies among the council’s interventions.

Another initiative he cited was the Ojodu Food Bank Zero Hunger Initiative, which he said had 5,500 beneficiaries across the council’s six wards.

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