Oyo distributes welfare packages to 10,000 vulnerable residents

File photo: Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde. Photo: Oyo State Govt

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The Oyo State Community and Social Development Agency, on Monday, distributed foodstuffs and cash gifts to over ten thousand widows, the aged and people living with disabilities in the state.

The OYCSDA Chairman, Abideen Adeaga, announced while addressing the beneficiaries at Alegongo Community Hall, Akobo, in the Lagelu Local Government of the state.

He appreciated Governor Seyi Makinde for providing funds for micro-projects in various communities across the state, as well as supporting the needy under the Psychosocial programme.

Adeaga said, “We appreciate God and governor Makinde for giving our agency the leverage to impact people’s lives through the implementation of micro-projects in 144 communities in the areas of portable water, erosion control, education support and community healthcare centres, as well as this psychosocial support for those in dire economic conditions.

“Over ten thousand beneficiaries are enjoying this psychological support programme across the state, which means as we are distributing the welfare packages here in Ibadan, people are doing the same in Oke-Ogun, Oyo, Ibarapa and Ogbomoso,” he stated.

While speaking on behalf of other beneficiaries, Hamzat Ade, thanked the State Government for factoring the need for support for the aged, widows and people with disabilities into good governance.

The psychosocial support programme, which was captured under the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus by the World Bank, the State Government and the Federal Government, focused on providing succour to those in need of economic survival.

Dignitaries at the event include the Chairman, Akinleye Local Government, Ayobami Akinwole, Oribayo Okeyode, former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters in the state, Wulemotu Ibitoye, PDP State Organising Secretary, Babatunde Tijani, among others.

In June, the Oyo government, in the second phase of the Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery, distributed 10kg bags of rice to 30,000 residents.

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