By Mohammed Adekola
Eredo LCDA Chairman, Mr. Ismail Monsuru Akinloye, has promised a mega empowerment programme before the year runs out and before the first quarter of the year 2024.
He made this promise at the Children Christmas Funfair held at the Eredo LCDA secretariat, Eredo, Lagos State.
Akinloye expressed joy seeing the future leaders being celebrated and was in awe at the numbers of children and adults that came for the funfair.
“I feel so much happy, seeing all the future leaders being here together in Eredo, Epe Division, Lagos state. We are here to celebrate all the children in Eredo LCDA. To my surprise I can see the other children from Epe local government, Ikosi-Ejinrin LCDA in Epe Division,” he said.
“We have influx of children and parents who have come to celebrate with their children. I’m very happy to be identified with them. There was a time we were like them, so it is good to celebrate them.”
The council boss spoke of the ways he, his wife and his team tried to spice up the children Christmas funfair by empowering over 200 people with money, gifts, grinding machines amongst others.
“I think this is the 3rd edition of this children’s funfair, the interest for parents in this year’s edition is second to known and at the same time we decided to add some spices to it. We have aged people and the widows, we want to give them incentives due to the high level of poverty in the country,” he stated.
“There are over 200 people that will be given financial palliatives and on ground we have grinding machine, gas cylinders and more to give out also, because whoever is given this grinding machine will experience good tidings.”
Akinloye admonished the beneficiaries of the empowerment programme to make good use of the palliatives given to them and not sell them, promising them mega empowerment in the first quarter of the year 2024.
“I’ll like to say this, they should make good use of it and not sell them. That’s why we have looked inward in the wards to give those that really need it. So I want them to make good use of it because many of these are still coming,” Eredo LCDA chairman said.
“By February, I want to do mega empowerment for the entire local government. An empowerment that people will see and be wowed. This is coming by the special grace of God.”
Akinloye reiterated his happiness at celebrating the future leaders, and prayed for the parents.
“Once again, I’m very happy. To God be the glory. The children are the future of tomorrow. We need to encourage them, we need to motivate them, we need to tell them that one day they will become the future leaders, they’ve been yearning for. God bless Eredo LCDA.To the parents, all their hard labour will be fruitful,” he said.
He further promised not to disappoint those that voted him into power and encouraged them to expect something bigger in this coming year.
