Lagos State To Cook For 100,000 Youth Daily- Gov. Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on

Tuesday announced a program, tagged: “Food

Kitchen” aimed at feeding 100,000 youths daily

to cushion the effect of Coronavirus lockdown

in the state.

The governor disclosed this while giving an

update on the Coronavirus situation in Lagos in

Marina, Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

According to Sanwo-Olu, “in the next couple of

days, we will commence a daily “Food Kitchen”

program which will see us aim to feed about

100,000 people daily.

“This will largely target the youths. We are

identifying local food vendors who will pilot this

program and ensure that the process of

cooking and serving the meals adhere strictly to

public health guidelines.”

The governor also said his administration was

cleaning up its data from various social

registers to get a clean list of truly vulnerable

and economically challenged persons to enable

it remit some cash to them.

“We aim to do these cash transfers by the end

of the week to a minimum of 250,000 indigent

citizens,” he said.

Also, Sanwo-Olu said he had just issued an

order to the Police; LASTMA and the VIO to

release all impounded vehicles arrested for

minor traffic offences from the 1st of March

2020 to date.

He said the directive would take effect at the

end of the lockdown.

The governor also announced that all the Micro-

Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs and

Small and medium-sized Enterprises, SMEs who

had taken Lagos State Employment Trust Fund

loans and other government programme loans

would enjoy a three months moratorium.

“This will further help to cushion the effect of

the lack of economic activities occasioned by

the lockdown,” he said.

Sanwo-Olu reminded Lagosians that this is a

season for obedience and personal

responsibility, urging them to follow the

guidelines as issued by the health experts and

authorities.

“Please, let us cooperate with the government

to ensure that we have an outcome that is

favorable to all. I can assure you that we will

surely overcome this pandemic, and we will

emerge stronger and more determined to

transform the lives of all Lagosians and all the

people of Nigeria, for the better,” he said.