The Lagos State government has received materials from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to empower the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and the underprivileged in the society.
Materials donated by NIMASA to the Lagos State government included food items, working tools, educational materials, medical equipment, among other empowerment tools.
Receiving the items on behalf of the state government, Deputy Chief of Staff, Gboyega Soyonnwo, who represented Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the event in Agege, Lagos, on Friday, thanked NIMASA for the donations and promised that the items would be delivered to the state government and the intended recipients.
The Director Audit, NIMASA, Olamide 0dusanya, who represented the agency’s Director General, Dr. Bashiru Yusuf Jamau, stated that the donations were parts of the agency’s corporate social responsibility.
She noted that the materials donated would alleviate the sufferings of the underprivileged and eradicate poverty in the society, adding that the items will “also make them to be self-reliant, hence gradually eradicate poverty in our society.”
According to Odusanya, “The presentation of items to displaced victims of insurgency across the country, and Lagos, being the industrial hub of Nigeria, and NIMASA’s host community, the DG has deemed it fit to extend his hands of fellowship and gesture to the existing vulnerable as part of the agency’s corporate social investment.
“We invest in our communities all over Nigeria; you will also agree with me that the empowerment plays a very vital role in building and developing a nation.
Basic rights like education, nutrition, health and luxury, the agency has deemed fit to use to bridge the gap by assisting and donating across the 36 state in the country.”
Odusanya added: “We have been to Kano, Anambra and other states. It is an ongoing exercise and we will continue till we go round the 36 states of the federation. We have been investing in people and will also want to invest more in infrastructure so as to have growth and development.
“It is about empowering the underprivileged. We will want to do more; the little that we are doing right now will go a long way to help the underprivileged. Let’s satisfy the basic needs of people.”
