CUSTOMS SERVICE DISTRIBUTES RELIEF MATERIALS TO 134 ORPHANAGE HOMES IN SOUTH WEST
‘Immediately after the inauguration of this committee, we swung into action identifying and verifying all IDPs and orphanages in all the states and the federal capital territory. Three weeks into the exercise, we are happy to announce that a great impact has been made in the lives of orphans in the zone’,Salihu said
The comptroller gave details of the distributed items as also include; Bales of used clothes-329 and 24 loose bags, 47 bags of sugar,98 cartons of tomatoes paste,13 cartoon of soaps/detergents,6 cartons of seasonings and 11 bags of foreign flour.
‘These relief items were distributed to a total number of 134 orphanages with cumulative number of 7,350 orphans in Lagos, Ogun,Oyo, Ondo and Ekiti States. The orphanages that benefited include; Stella Obasanjo Children Home, Little Saints, Raco Child, Vigilant Heart and Jesus Kids among others’
Penpushing further reports that, Salihu explained that, in carrying out this assignment, the service strictly guided by the directive to ensure that these items are given to only recognized homes, adding that the allocated items are escorted with landing certificates which must be signed by the operators of the homes upon receipt of the items.
The Customs boss said, this was to ensure that all allocated items get to intended recipients, adding that in the course of the exercise, ’we have discovered that some unpatriotic elements are cashing on this exercise by going to orphanages pretending to be working for the service, collecting documents supposedly for the committee’
He added, ’the obvious criminal intention to extort money or some of the items for facilitating the allocation is not on us. Already two people impersonating the committee have been arrested and detained at Seme’
‘For the avoidance of doubt, the service has not permitted any person or organization to contact orphanages, IDPs or indeed any vulnerable group on belief of the committee. We have our own way of identifying and verifying such homes or groups that qualify for the ongoing distribution’
