Jare OLUKOTUN
Five hundred (500) residents across the six local government and local council development areas (LCDAs) in Ikorodu division of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, on Sunday, February 10, 2019, benefitted from the iCare FoodBank, an initiative of the federal lawmaker, Hon. Babajimi Benson.
Speaking at the distribution of the food items and beverages which took place at his constituency office in Ikorodu, Hon Benson said the laudable initiative was designed to prevent residents, particularly the vulnerable indigent ones, across the division, from going to bed without food.
He stated that the foodbank programme, which has been on for over three years, is not politically motivated but an initiative to support homes.
Benson, who is seeking re-election to the House of Representatives,also used the occasion to appeal to the electorate to vote massively for himself and all other candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the Presidential/National Assembly and Governorship/House of Assembly elections slated for February 16 and March 2, 2019 respectively.
In attendance at the distribution ceremony were, the Head of Service, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, wife of the legislator, Mrs Jumoke Benson, former acting Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Lagos State, Hon Adebimpe Akinsola, Chairman, Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA, Com. Sesan Daini, and Secretary to the Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA, Barr. Ade Ayeni among others.
