In fulfillment of his electoral promises to his constituents, a lawmaker representing Surulere Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Desmond Olusola Elliot, has supported over 500 widows in his Constituency with cash gifts and provisions.
The event tagged, “DOE support for widows” was held at the Surulere council secretariat on Sunday.
The lawmaker presented cash gifts, bags of grains and other food items to the widows across different party affiliations.
Hon Elliott urged the widows and other participants at the event to support and vote for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives by-election scheduled to hold on February 3.
He said, “I don’t know if I can call this empowerment. I will call it support. We know how difficult January is but with this support, we are identifying with our widows, telling them we are with them.
“This is also to make this year a good year for the widows and the widowers. We are giving provisions and cash support to over 500 widows.
“I am therefore appealing to our widows to give their support to the candidate of the APC, Hon Laguda as they have done for me in the last year.
“We are giving Lagride to 7 people and we have done this in the last nine months. Also, we are giving scholarships to children of the deceased widows.”
Chairman of Surulere Local Government, Hon Bamidele Sulaiman Yusuf, while speaking, said the support is timely as it is aimed at lessening the burden of the widows.
He added, “I want to really appreciate DOE for this support for widows in Surulere Constituency 1. It is the second week of the year, we have to identify with our widows hence this support.
“Also, we have an election coming in February, this is also to identify and mobilise support for the candidate of the party, Hon Fuad Laguda. And we are sure victory is certain for our party and our candidate with the support of the people.”
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