COVlD-19: Kwara Deputy Speaker, Finance Commissioner donate palliatives to Oke-ero, Ekiti resifents

Covid-19: Kwara Assembly Deputy Speaker, Finance Commissioner donate palliatives to residents

By AbdulFatai Beki

Palliatives

Oke-Ero (Kwara), April 1, 2020 (NAN) The Deputy Speaker, Kwara House of Assembly, Mr Raphael Olanrewaju, and the Commissioner for Finance and Planning, Mrs Olasunbo Oyeyemi, on Wednesday distributed palliatives to residents of Oke-Ero and Ekiti Local Government Areas of the state.

Olanrewaju told newsmen at Oke-Ero that the relief materials would reduce pains that people were likely to face following the self isolation and social distancing to check contracting COVID-19.

“There is no doubt that the stay-at-home order will impact negatively on our people who are mostly farmers and artisans who eke daily living.

”It, therefore, behoves on us as elected representatives to asauge the pains that come with the partial lockdown as a result of COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.

The deputy speaker added that the gesture was to complement the efforts of the state government in bringing succour to the people of the state.

On extension of the relief materials, Olanrewaju described the people of Oke-Ero and Ekiti constituencies are kith and kin with same heritage.

He also noted that the extension of the relief materials was in support of the representative of the constituency, Mr Ganiyu Abolarin.

The deputy speaker commended the Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for the anti COVID-19 measures put in place in the state.

He distributed 43 bags of rice to the residents of Oke-Ero and Ekiti local government areas of the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the gesture was to cater for economic losses recorded during the stay-at-home policy of the state government to guard against outbreak of Coronavirus.

Eleven of the 43 bags of rice were from the state commissioner for finance and planning.

NAN also reports that the deputy speaker had earlier distributed over 2,000 bottles of hand sanitisers and same quantity of hand wash liquid soap to promote culture of regular hand washing to stave off pandemic.

In a related development, monetary relief packages were extended to 40 APC party leaders, youths and women in the two benefitting local government areas of the state. (NAN)

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Edited by Chinyere Bassey/Muhammad Suleiman Tola