3,000 benefit from Amosun’s wife’s food outreach

More than 3,000 needy aged and pregnant women on Tuesday benefitted from the UPLIFTing the Needy Food Outreach programme organised by the wife of the Governor of Ogun State, Olufunso Amosun, at Ibara-Orile in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the state.
The programme was in line with Amosun’s desire to lend her helping hands to the vulnerable by feeding them through her food bank in order to reduce poverty and better the lots of the aged and pregnant women.
Speaking at the programme, Amosun said she was always happy to touch lives by sharing with the needy people.
She said the UPLIFTing the Need Food Outreach programme was a relief measure designed to improving on the welfare of the people.
She said: “We would continue to build our food bank by supporting our needy people with food stuffs with the aim of feeding them within their locality as part of the measure to reducing the stress of coming down to Abeokuta, the state capital, to get our little contributions to help them.”
Amosun noted that the aged and pregnant women deserved to be cared for, adding that her Uplift Development Foundation would continue to support families in Ogun State by ensuring that they eat balanced diet meals, which would protect them from nutritional related diseases as well as help them maintain a healthy living.
In his remarks, the Chairman, Abeokuta North Local Government Council, Hon. Taofeek Olabode, commended the initiative of Amosun aimed at complementing the efforts of the state government at improving the living standard of the needy, saying this has continued to alleviate poverty and put smiles on the faces of aged and pregnant women in the state.
According to Olabode, the programme would reduce the gap between the poor and the rich and urged other well-meaning Nigerians to donate to the course of humanity by emulating the good work of the wife of the governor to better the lots of the need as government alone could not meet the needs of the people.
Also Speaking, the Onishaga of Ishaga, Oba Joseph Tella, expressed satisfaction on the developmental projects embarked upon by the Governor Ibikunle Amosun government and the privilege given to the people of Ibara-Orile by his wife to benefit from her UPLIFTing the Need Food Outreach programme, which he described as the benefit of dividend of democracy.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Alhaji Garuba Nosir, appreciated and thanked the wife of the governor for her kind gesture, saying the food items would support their expenses and prayed that may God continue to protect and guard her and the governor as they steer the sheep of the state.
Various dry food items like rice, noodles, spaghetti, semovita and among others were distributed to over 3,000 aged and pregnant women in attendance.