SENATOR Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (Yayi), Senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, has empowered the residents of the Lagos West Senatorial district.
The empowerment programme organised by the lawmaker at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos on Sunday, February 13, 2022.
According to information gathered by AlimoshoToday, the donated items were inaugurated by the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, and the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Items donated by Senator Yayi include; eight police patrol vehicles, ten ambulances, 100 grinding machines, 100 inverter welding machines, 50 vulcaniser machines, 50 tricycles (Keke Marwa), 50 minibus (korope), 100 generators, 100 hairdressing machines and hand dryers, several deep freezers, 100 sewing machines, several medical equipment and drugs, 10 incubator machines, and 150 hospital beds.
While speaking during the empowerment programme, Senator Adeola affirms that his administration is concerned with ensuring that his constituents are well catered for in order to improve their standard of living.
“100 tailors will be empowered today with sewing machines, 100 welder machines will be distributed to the vulcanisers, while 125 party women leaders will go home with deep freezers to start up their own business.
“30,000 Mathematics and English textbooks would be distributed to all the primary and secondary schools that were approved by the education ministry in the senatorial district.
“Also, there is an ongoing construction of nine schools within the senatorial district with each school made up of six classrooms, six toilets, a staff room, and a borehole in the 10 LGAs within this district,” Adeola added.
The lawmaker also reiterated that the programme was to support the efforts of the Federal Government and the State Government in reducing poverty among the people of the state.