Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, yesterday, commenced the implementation of his stomach infrastructure programme, as he distributed no fewer than 80,000 birds, 100,000 bags of rice and cash gift to the less privileged, widows and the aged in the state.
According to a press statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, yesterday, the office of the governor was besieged by the people who later went back home with gifts.
According to the statement, some of the elderly, who could not hide their joy at the rare opportunity of having to celebrate the season with the package, were full of prayers for Fayose and members of his cabinet.
Some of the beneficiaries had stormed the office as early as 10am as the governor, alongside members of his staff, started distributing the package to the people who kept appearing in their multitudes.
Some of the beneficiaries, including Mr Jewoola from Ado-Ekiti, Mr Ife Akinyeye and Mrs. Afolabi Mary, noted that the gesture reaffirmed the governor as a grassroots man.
They appreciated the governor for putting himself in the shoes of the common man who may find it difficult to prepare sumptuous meal for his family at this period of festivity.
The governor later moved to markets in the state capital with same package for those who could come to the Governor’s Office with a promise that all the 16 local governments had designated centres for the distribution.
In a chat with journalists, Fayose stated that his priority was the welfare of the people of Ekiti who, “against all odds”, returned him to office after eight years in a landslide victory.
Courtesy: Vanguard
