As Nigeria continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, Government and some private individuals have continued to donate various relief materials towards supporting those who do not have enough to put food on their table during the lockdown.
One of such bodies is the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND, an interventional measure of the Federal Government to tackle inadequate facilities in our tertiary institutions as they stepped out to support the Lagos State Government with palliative materials to support the Lagos State COVID-19 Emergency Food Response Initiative.
In his effort to alleviate the economic and financial hardship caused by the outbreak of Corona Virus, the Executive Secretary of the body, Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, through his representative Alhaji Mohammed Abdul Kabir Inuwa has donated no fewer than 8,320 bags of 5kg rice; 4,834 bags of 5kg Semolina, and 1,533 cartons of spaghetti to the Lagos State Government COVID 19 Committee.
According to the Executive Secretary, the gesture of the State Government, through it’s Emergency Food Response Initiative would provide respite to the less privileged in the society who will likely have little or no support from well-meaning individuals, groups or organisations due to the current state of the economy.
Bogoro appealed to Lagosians to work hand in hand with the State Government and obey all rules set by health officials such as staying at home, observing social distancing, regular washing and sanitizing of hands, avoiding crowded areas as well as maintaining a good level of hygiene in order to fight off the Coronavirus pandemic.
Acknowledging receipt of the palliative materials, Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal expressed his gratitude to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND for supporting the State Government in their own way and ensured that the packs would be distributed making sure that they get to the needy, aged and vulnerable who might have been most affected by the lockdown.