2000 Lagosians Benefit From ”Eko Cares” Initiative — Official

The Lagos State Government said that a total of 2,000 vulnerable residents have benefited from its ”Eko Cares” initiative.

Aderemi Adebowale, Special Adviser to the Governor on Civic Engagement, disclosed this recently during the 2020 Ministerial Press Briefing in commemoration of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s first year in office.

Adebowale said that the initiative was part of the social inclusion program of the Sanwo-Olu led administration.

She said that the office of Civic Engagement introduced and organized a financial assistance program with business component tagged, ”Eko Cares”, with the theme – ”Go Forward, Grow Lagos”.

”The program, aimed at empowering the vulnerable ones in the state, involves the provision of financial assistance, up to N20,000 per beneficiary.

”This money is to be disbursed partly in cash and partly in the form of micro-investment.

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”In the first phase of the program, some Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies were on hand to provide instant investment in micro-distributive trade by supplying their goods to the 2,000 beneficiaries.

”The essence of this is to have a populace that can feed themselves, contribute to the development of the state and promote a stable and secured society,” the special adviser said.

On efforts at stemming the spread of COVID-19, she said the governor had approved the production and distribution of 100 units of handwashing stations at markets, bus-stops, hospitals, and other high traffic public places within the state.

Adebowale said that these handwashing stations were innovatively made by local fabricators with a regular supply of dispensable soap and reticulated water supply (hand free).

According to her, the deployment of these handwashing stations is aimed at fostering the culture and practice of promoting good hygiene among the citizenry, toward curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Idris Tele-Olukoya