As part of his effort to curb spread of Covid-19, a member of
Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu representing Eti-Osa constituency 02 has commenced the distribution of sanitizers to his constituents.
About 10,000 sanitizers with leaflets contained information on the Covid-19 have been distributed so far since the exercise commenced last week.
The exercise tagged, “GOY Coronavirus awareness campaign is still ongoing at Eti-Osa 1, with GOY’s team moving round to give out sanitizers
Yishawu, who is Chairman House Committee on Budget and Economic Planning explained that the idea is to complement the effort of Lagos State government.
“We have done a lot of awareness campaign to inform our people on the need to take preventive measures by washing of hands with soap and sanitizers.
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“At this time all hands must be on deck to prevent Covid-19 in Nigeria and Lagos State”, he said.
It would be recalled that Covid-19 spreads between people through direct contact with the body fluids of an infected person and through airborne droplets.
Part of the prevention of the virus includes: washing of hands regularly with soap and running water and sanitize it.
Reacting to the distribution of sanitizers, Mrs Semiat Akinlabi appreciated the lawmaker for his kind gesture, urged others to do the same.
In her view, Mrs Alice Yusuf expressed her gratitude to Yishawu. “sincerely, we are not expecting him to give us sanitizers after creating awareness on how to prevent ourselves. We appreciate God’s wisdom upon his life.
Mr Tajudeen Yisa said,” I want to appreciate our lawmaker for deeming it fit to do this. It shows his concern to his constituents. God bless him’.