Coronavirus Lockdown; Sanwo-Olu Says 100,000 Youths Will Get Daily Meals

Lockdown: We’ll open food kitchens in 57 councils, feed 100,000 youths daily – Sanwo-Olu declares

  • Lagos state government has pledged to cushion the effects of coronavirus lockdown on the residents
    • Governor Sanwo-Olu said on Tuesday, April 14, that his government would open food kitchens in 57 councils across the state to feed 100,000 people on a daily basis – Sanwo-Olu also said that cash would be distributed to 250,000 vulnerable residents of the state In its efforts to cushion the effect of coronavirus lockdown on the residents, the Lagos state government has introduced a new scheme that would alleviate people’s suffering.

TheCable reports that the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who made this known on Tuesday, April 14, during a briefing at the State House, Marina, said the government would open food kitchens in all the councils in the state with a target to provide one meal per day to 100,000 youths. He said: “There will also be unconditional cash transfer to 250,000 vulnerable residents and economically challenged persons who have identification numbers with Lagos State Residents Registration Agency.”

The governor also ordered the immediate release of all private and commercial vehicles impounded from March 1, for minor traffic offences by the police, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and Vehicle Inspection Agency to date.

The governor urged for calm among residents, saying, “The additional 14 days extension will afford the frontline health workers to ramp up contact identification, testing, and admission of suspected and confirmed cases.”

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