Coronavirus: Adelabu Supports Oyo People, Splashes Cash Across State
In complimentary efforts to his earlier distribution of relief materials, hand sanitizers, nose masks and other related kits as supports for the indigenes and residents of Oyo state, Oloye Bayo Adelabu, Parakoyi Olubadan of Ibadan Land and founder of Bayo Adelabu Foundation has added financial assistance to it in term of cash transfers to people of Oyo State as additional palliatives in this difficult period of ravaging Coronavirus also known as COVID-19.
The cash supports which started last week will run through this new week. Thousands of fans, families, friends, party loyalists and the general public are targeted in this second phase of the foundation’s relief program.
In addition, reasonable sums of money are also set aside as bulk donations to the Muslim Community through NACOMYO as well as the Christian community through Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) as a move to be part of their programs meant to buy relief items to support their respective members in need as identified by the bodies.
In a statement released to the journalists in Ibadan, one of Bayo Adelabu media Aides, Comrade Femi Awogboro stated the fact that this second phase which will gulp about N25million may not even touch every individual due to the large number of the indigent and under employed population of the state, but nothing less than 7,500 residents across the 33 Local Government Areas and 35 LCDA’s in the state will benefit from this program. He also stated that this will go a long way to alleviate the sufferings of the poor masses during this difficult period.
To ensure non partisanship of the program and to enable the distribution have a wider coverage, specific bulk sums have also been set aside for allocation to selective radio stations which include but not limited to Splash FM, Fresh FM, Space FM, Ajilete FM and BCOS for distribution to their call-in listeners on their various programs. This will however continue on a weekly basis till the Sit at home period is over.
The foundation which is owned by the 2019 Governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress Party, Oloye Bayo Adelabu who doubles as the immediate past Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has decided to support the Federal and State Governments to help the needy and cushion the socio-economic effects of COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
He said, “it is imperative to strictly adhere to social distancing rules, regular use of hand sanitizers and compliance to personal hygiene rules during this period to protect us from this epidemic disease in our land”.
Oloye Bayo Adelabu reiterated his commitments to continue to assist the public through his 18year old foundation and alleviate the sufferings of the masses by humanitarian gestures
According to Awogboro, Oloye Adelabu believes that this is a period that calls for concerted efforts of every indigenes and residents of this state to join hands with the governments to combat and survive this crisis while partisan politics should be waved aside till 2023.
