Leke Abejide, in a statement he personally signed early Sunday morning, said his contribution of N400,000 alongside two months salary directly deducted from NASS to fight the virus in the country will help form part of stimulus package for constituents of Yagba Federal Constituency.
He urged all Yagba constituents to embrace farming as a means to curtail the economic hardship that may arise from the lockdown and stay at home measure as announced by the state government.
Read statement below:
DEAR GOOD PEOPLE OF YAGBA FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY,
I AM ADDRESSING YOU AGAIN WITHIN A SPACE OF TWO WEEKS DUE TO THE SITUATION THE WHOLE WORLD NIGERIA INCLUSIVE FOUND ITSELF.
I HAVE KEPT MUTE ABOUT WHAT IS CURRENTLY ONGOING AS REGARDS DONATIONS BY INDIVIDUALS TO HON SESAN OREBIYI’s ACCOUNT BECAUSE I ONLY READ IT ON THE PLATFORM AND NEVER KNEW HOW THE ARRANGEMENT WAS MADE.
AFTER ABOUT A WEEK IT STARTED RUNNING, HON SESAN CHATTED ME ABOUT IT AND I REPLIED THAT I AM STILL RESTING HAVEN DONE PROGRAMMES FROM 23/12/2019 UP TO END OF JANUARY 2020 RANGING FROM WIDOWS PROGRAM, DISTRIBUTION OF GRINDING MACHINES, SEWING MACHINES, MOTOCYCLES, TRICYCLES ETC, PAYMENT OF WAEC FEES. THESE PROGRAMMES COST ME OVER N150M IN FACT VERY CLOSE TO N200M.
FOR FOOD TO GO AROUND YAGBA REQUIRES HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. RICE FOR THE WIDOWS ALONE COST ME N17M IN DECEMBER 2019 APART FROM THEIR CLOTHINGS. WITH THE CLOTHINGS IS NOT LESS THAN N30M AND THE CLOTHINGS COULD NOT EVEN GO ROUND. GOD WILLING THIS YEAR IT WILL GO ROUND EVERYBODY.
MY PLAN IS HOW TO EMPOWER THE YOUTHS, WOMEN AND MEN IN THE AREA OF AGRICULTURE AND ALSO TO OPEN UP OUR FEEDER ROADS BEFORE THIS UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT.
HOWEVER, MY PLAN STILL REMAINS UNCHANGED BUT IT CAN ONLY DELAY A BIT DUE TO CURRENT WORLD PROBLEMS WHICH WITH OUR COLLECTIVE PRAYERS IN TRUTH AND IN SPIRIT IT WILL DISAPPEAR IN NO TIME.
I WILL ALSO EQUIP OUR GENERAL HOSPITAL AT IFEOLUKOTUN, ISANLU, EGBE, ODOERE, MOPA & AMURO ; AT LEAST ONE PER EACH AXIS STARTING TOWARDS END OF THE YEAR AND NEXT YEAR WITH SOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS THAT WILL HELP OUR PEOPLE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. I AM GOING TO LIASE WITH MEDICAL DOCTORS IN OUR MIDST TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED THAT CAN KEEP THESE MEDICAL FACILITIES GOING BECAUSE EVERYTHING CANNOT BE DONE AT ONCE BUT ESSENTIAL THINGS TO KEEP THE PLACES MOVING WILL BE DONE BY GOD’s GRACE. I HAVE THE LIST OF THAT OF IFEOLUKOTUN ALREADY BUT I WILL STILL MAKE FURTHER RESEARCH ON IT.
I HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS BY OUR PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THE ELDERS IN LAGOS, ABUJA , KANO THAT THEIR CONCERN IS THE INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT NUMBER PUT FORWARD FOR THE DONATION BUT I HAVE ADVISED TO ARRANGE AND I WILL FORWARD IT ACCORDINGLY OR BUY ITEMS LIKE RICE, SEMOVITA, GARRI AND YAM FOR ONWARD DISTRIBUTION TO OUR PEOPLE. THE AMOUNT DONATED BY EACH ONE OF THEM WILL BE MADE PUBLIC.
LET ME SAY THIS, OUR PEOPLE IN ABUJA AND LAGOS ARE THE ONES REALLY AFFECTED BY THIS LOCKDOWN. PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGES CAN GO TO THEIR FARMS AND IN DOING THIS THERE IS NO HOW CORONAVIRUS CAN AFFECT THEM. WE SHOULD RETURN TO OUR MAIN OCCUPATION WHICH IS FARMING EVEN IF IT IS AT SUBSISTENT LEVEL IN ORDER TO DEFEAT HUNGER.
I AM JUST IMAGINING HOW THESE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING MONEY NOW WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN GOD FORBID IF THIS PANDEMIC PROLONG WITHOUT BEING TIRED. IN FACT THIS IS THE TIME OUR PEOPLE START TO FOCUS ON WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR THEMSELVES RATHER THAN WHAT A POLITICIAN OR ANY OTHER PERSON CAN DO FOR THEM. “ ATELEWO ENI KI TANIJE”.
IN THOSE DAYS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN THE VILLAGE, WE EAT YAM, WATER YAM AND COCOYAM TILL WHEN NEW YAM COMES OUT. EVEN WHEN IT COMES OUT OUR PARENTS WILL SAY IT IS STILL TOO SOFT AND STILL BE EATING OLD YAM FOR LIKE 2 WEEKS INTO THE PERIOD OF NEW YAM. TODAY BETWEEN JULY WHEN NEW YEAR COMES OUT AND DECEMBER MOST PEOPLE IN YAGBA WILL START TEXTING MESSAGES COMPLAINING OF HUNGER. THIS IS NOT GOOD AT ALL FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT AS A PEOPLE. A YAGBA PERSON IS NOT KNOWN FOR INDOLENCE BUT BEING VERY INDUSTRIOUS. EVEN WHERE THERE IS NO HERDSMEN SOME WILL SAY THERE IS AS AN ESCUSE. ACTIVITIES OF HERDSMEN NOWADAYS IS GOING DOWN AND I BELIEVE NOW THAT FGN IS LOOKING INWARD FOR SELF FOOD SUFFICIENCY THE MATTER WILL BE LAID TO REST FINALLY.
HOLY BOOKS SAID THOSE WHO REFUSE TO WORK ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT. SAINT PAUL EVEN SAID WE SHOULD DISTANCE OURSELVES AWAY FROM SUCH PEOPLE.
IN A COUPLE OF DAYS I WILL COME UP WITH SOMETHING MEANINGFUL AND HIGHER VOLUME THAT WILL BE FAR REACHING ACROSS OKUNLAND. IT WILL BE LIKE PAN OKUN NATION INITIATIVE.
THIS IS APOLITICAL BECAUSE EVERYONE IN OKUNLAND, FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES OF OKUN PEOPLE WILL BE BROUGHT IN TO ASSIST SO THAT WE CAN PUĹL RESOURCES THAT WILL BE FAR REACHING AND A COMMITTEE TO INCLUDE PEOPLE LIKE CHIEF KOLA JAMODU, CHIEF OWOYEMI, CHIEF OLUSHOLA AKOMODE, CHIEF TUNDE AYENI, CHIEF JIDE OMOKORE, ALH ISAH ADEBOYE, CHIEF BAYO OJO(SAN), ALH GANI OBATOYINBO, CHIEF OLUOWA, MR DAVID AIYEDOGBON, CHIEF ABIODUN OJO , SEN. SMART ADEYEMI, RT. HON ABIODUN FALAKE ,RT. HON TAJUDEEN YUSUF, RT. HON. MATHEW KOLAWOLE, ALL ELECTED STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, HON ASIWAJU IDRIS ASIRU, MR BABATUNDE IRUKERA, COMMDR. FUNSHO DANIEL AND MANY OTHER EMINENT OKUN MEN AND WOMEN WILL BE SET UP. PLEASE ABOVE NAMES ARE MY SUGGESTIONS ONLY. I KNOW MORE PEOPLE WILL STILL BE BROUGHT ON BOARD.
THE COMMITTEE WILL DECIDE WHICH ACCOUNT THE MONEY SHOULD BE PAID INTO AND HOW TO CHANNEL THE RESOURCES ACROSS OKUNLAND.
THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE SUB COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, CONTACT AND MOBILIZATION(ODA PLATFORM SUGGESTED) STRATEGIC PLANNING ETC.
ON THIS NOTE, I HEREBY ANNOUNCED A DONATION OF N400,000 IN ADDITION TO MY 2 MONTHS SALARY ALREADY TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM NASS AS OUR COLLECTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO FIGHT COVID-19.
SIGNED: REP. LEKE ABEJIDE, MHR.
No comments:
Post a Comment