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Sunday Okobi
A bunch, Each Lagosian Issues (ELM), has donated N1million to Akere Motor Components and Allied Sellers Affiliation (AMPADA) whose members misplaced a 65-year-old safety guard and quite a few items price tens of millions of naira on account of a fireplace ignited by suspected hoodlums at Akere spare components market in Kirikiri, Olodi-Apapa in Ajegunle space of Lagos State.
The group Chief and Director-Basic Discussion board of Former Deputy Governors of Nigeria, Mr. Kenneth Ibe-Kalu, led a five-member group from Abuja to Lagos on a charity go to to the victims, the place a pro-Tinubu assist group, BAT 2023 Marketing campaign Organisation led by its Nationwide Coordinator, Chief Sola Ebire, recommended the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu’s swift response to the plight of the victims.
Ibe-Kalu instructed AMPADA’s Chairman and Vice, Messrs. Izuchukwu Uba and Aloy Donatus respectively, that Each Lagos Issues rose as a responsive and accountable charity group to assuage the plight of the fireplace victims, urging them to proceed to take coronary heart and maintain hope alive.
In his comment, he stated: “We truly received to Lagos for a distinct advocacy programme. However upon listening to the breaking information of the unhappy fireplace incident that gutted the Akere spare components market on March 8, 2023, the ELM Group rapidly visited the victims to commiserate and plead with them to take coronary heart, look as much as God, shun faux information and be law-abiding, particularly towards false narrative by rival political events attempting to foment hassle in Lagos the place we all know that many alternative ethnic teams had lived in peaceable co-existence for a lot of a long time thereby yielding large peace and prosperity to all Lagosians from all walks of life.
‘’Calamities, challenges and difficulties can by no means finish. The ELM go to is a go to for humanity. We’re right here to push the re-election of Sanwo-olu. We got here to Lagos and within the midst of our push for Sanwo-Olu’s re-election, this calamity struck, so we’re right here to venture the nice and noble intentions of the governor to provide the wanted succor to each sufferer no matter creed, area, faith and standing.”
Ibe-Kalu stated the group appreciated the governor for being the primary to go to the scene and the victims, including: “His good strikes additionally motivated our go to and donation to the victims therefore our resolve to provide sufficient solidarity, assist and encouragement. We keep that Lagos State residents are fortunate to have such a reliable governor as Sanwo-olu.’’
In the meantime, the Nationwide Coordinator, BAT 2023 Marketing campaign Organisation, Chief Sola Ebire, representing the nationwide patron, Senator Anthony Afuye, stated his group was within the Akere market to assuage the sentiments in addition to guarantee the victims that the burnt market will quickly put on a model new look, quoting a Yoruba proverb that claims: ‘The kings burnt palace will quickly bear an improved model new magnificence’, which means that reprieve, good omen and progress have come their manner.”
In accordance with him, “The principle motive of human existence and of forming a authorities, searching for good governance by forming associations is for humanity, particularly the place we have now authorities in place like in Lagos. Our go to right here subsequently is for humanity. Governor Sanwo-olu has carried out nicely, as a reliable, compassionate and humane governor with a listening hear to the sentiments of the folks.”
Shortly after the remarks, Ibe-Kalu donated the sum of N1 million by handing over the money switch by means of the affiliation chairman’s cellphone to the applause of the gang that witnessed the occasion. Thereafter, the cellphone was handed around the viewers for verification
Aside from the members of the affiliation who attended the occasion, it was additionally graced by a cross-section of elders, leaders and members of the Akere neighborhood.
