The CITA Foundation has donated 600 bags
of rice and 100 bags of beans to local government workers and some
pensioners in Osun State.
The gesture, according to the group, was
aimed at alleviating the suffering of the workers due to the
non-payment of their salaries for months.
The distribution of the foodstuffs to
the beneficiaries which was carried out at the residence of the founder
of the foundation, Thomas Ogungbangbe, was the response of the group to
the appeal made by the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Osun
State chapter, Mr. Jacob Adekomi, to public-spirited Nigerians and
Non-Governmental Organisations to assist the workers in the state.
Ogungbangbe said the gesture was devoid
of politics because the group just decided to assist the workers and
pensioners who were going through hardship as a result of the salary
issue. He stated that the gesture would give them respite from hunger.
He
said, “In response to the need of our people in this daunting global
economic situation, Nigeria and Osun are not in isolation and this has
further trickled down to local sectors.”
The Executive Secretary of CITA, Mr. Ola
Azeez, stated that the initial plan of the foundation was to use the
secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees for the
distribution of the foodstuffs but he said the gesture was misconstrued.
The Deputy President of NULGE in the
state, Kehinde Ogungbamigbe, expressed appreciation to the foundation
for coming to assist local government workers in their time of hardship.
Punch
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