Rotary Club of Lagos has assured small businesses on the Lagos Island, of its support, to enable them contribute their own quota to the nation’s economy.
Making the pledge while presenting the sum of N1million to traders from the Oredegbe Araromi Lewis Market, in Lagos, recently, the President of the Club, Babawale Agbeyangi argued that since its establishment some decades ago, the club had always been at the frontiers of helping small businesses grow.
According to him, the organization had been able to achieve this through its micro-credit scheme, that had enabled it give out interest-free loans to traders in the different markets on the Island, so as to further boost their businesses.
While charging the beneficiaries to make a judicious use of the funds, the District Governor of Rotary Club of Lagos, Rotarian Remi Bello, commended the organization for engaging in activities that would further bolster the economy of the area.
Rotarian Bello, who was on a working visit to the organization, expressed satisfaction with the progress, and feats Rotary Club of Lagos had been able to record in recent times.
He however charged the newly-elected president of the organization on the need to come up with programmes and activities that would further bring succour to the people in the immediate environment.
“Let me say I’m quite impressed with what I’ve seen here today, but I will like to charge you to do more. If people are gainfully employed, it will go a long way in checking insecurity and other vices in our society,” he stated.
Rotarian Bello also charged Lagos Rotary Club to come up with an adopt- a- school programme that would see it adopt about 30 schools in the area, so as to provide opportunity of a quality education for indigent students in the area.
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