Lockdown: Nigerian youth organization donates food items for Ogun State residents

Sanni Sodiq in Abeokuta

A Non-Governmental Organization in Ogun State, YouCAN EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE, on Sunday distributed food items to residents of Tigbo-ilu community in the Ilogbo axis of the Ado Odo Ota Local Government of Ogun State as part of the organization’s social responsibility in the wake of lockdown, as a result of the ravaging coronavirus.

Penpushing reports that, President of the  organization , Dotun Arogundade while making the presentation alongside other members  from door to door said the  initiative was aimed to complement government efforts, adding that the target beneficiaries are the most vulnerable particularly the aged  which include widows and widowers.

“it is our responsibility to ensure that members of the community are taken care of, because they can only be proud of us when they are alive, giving them something to support them like food items as we are presently doing is the only option to assist and show our love to them, their prayers and blessing, happiness and gladness are what we want from them, we do not want to see them starving  or lacking food” ’he said.

“Truly the government has been helping but unfortunately, what is being disbursed by the government couldn’t circulate to every corner of the state, but in a bid to support the government we are disbursing food items to members of the community, to tell them that the youth love them”.

Penpushing further reports that,Arogundade  explained the organization  is currently made up of Youths within Lagos and Ogun State, and also disclosed that, that food items distributed were gotten from some philanthropists within the Ilogbo community.

‘Donations such as money and food items were received, which later help us to be able to arrive at providing food packages for the most vulnerable in the community’, he stated, and equally called  for the intervention of the government and other well to do Nigerians, to assist them to be able to disburse more relief package to 50 targeted communities.

Penpushing reports that, number of the households which benefited from the gestures, were glad receiving the packages, and expressed appreciation to the youth group for bringing joy and happiness to them.

Meanwhile,the beneficiaries shower prayers on the group and also appeal to them to still consider them for same gestures even after the end of the coronavirus  pandemic