Nwachukwu commends Senator Yayi over empowerment of Lagosians, Ndigbo, prays for him

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Eze (Dr) Christian Uchechukwu Nwachukwu, Eze Ndigbo of Lagos State has commended the Senator representing Lagos West, the Distinguished Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola Iyayi for empowering the less-privileged in the society.

Nwachukwu who spoke to the media at his Igbo Community Centre in Okota, Lagos  on Saturday, January 30, thanked the Senator for not just empowering Lagosians, but also Ndigbo. He said such massive empowerment was designed to skill those who have no helper and provide them with life changing sources of income.

Nwachukwu said “We use this opportunity in this first month of the year to show great thanks to the Distinguished Senator Solomon Olamiletan Adiola Iyayi, for his kind gesture of giving empowerment to the less privileged, widows and widowers in all Local Governments and all ward levels. It is not a mean thing. The empowerment was massive, he planned to electrify Lagos State essentially the Lagos West by various types of transformers, various types of Keke Marwa, various types of motorcycles, various types of sewing machines and various types of grinding machines.”

While stating that the event which took place on January 24, 2021 at Police College Ikeja, saw all the recipients collect the items by themselves from the Distinguished Senator, Nwachukwu said the empowerment was meant to change and sustain the livelihood of the less privileged people living in the Lagos West. “This is meant to sustain these people living within the Lagos West, by changing their means of livelihood; we are indeed grateful to the Distinguished Senator; we are praying for God’s blessings upon him that wherever he got the money to make Nigerians living in Lagos West to have a changed source of living, God will bless him, we thank him,” he prayed.

Nwachukwu said he was also elated having played key role by ensuring that Ndigbo benefitted from the empowerment. “Ndigbo in particular are also beneficiaries of the empowerment under the leadership of Eze Ndigbo of Lagos State, we thank him and these items were actually given to the less-privileged and widows within our midst.”

Nwachukwu advised the recipients to put the empowerment items to proper use for their own betterment “They know the reason they were invited, the reason why they were invited was to skill them as the less privileged people, widows and widowers in our midst and the distinguished senator decided to change their lives by giving them what they can use to keep their lives going. So it is all left for them to making sure that they utilize them properly.”

Like Oliver Twist, Nwachukwu also appealed to Senator Yayi to do more for the people of Lagos West and Ndigbo in particular. “We are still expecting a lot from the Distinguished Senator, he has demonstrated his ability to perform within one year and half in the office and as we are marching front we expect another empowerment bigger than this one he did, and he knows that we love him, he knows that we are on the same page with him, and he knows that anywhere he goes, there the people of Lagos West will go, so we expect more from the senator because we believe in him.”

On his New Year message to Lagosians in general and Ndigbo in particular Nwachukwu said “My New Year message is to thank the almighty God for the life He gave to all of us, we thank Him for the health he gave to all of us, we thank him for survival of the year. And those of us that travelled to the east and various location of Nigeria, returned safely without any problem, we thank almighty God.

 “This year looks promising, and we believe God will do it for all of us, it is about living with hope, that God will take care of all of us. So as every Nigerian knows, God blesses the work in your hand, God does not bless a lazy man. So those of us who are working should expect blessings of God this year,” he philosophized.

On his advice for people to observe the Covid-19 protocols, he siad “Nigerians know that the pandemic is real, and the government of Nigeria is also following it squarely by creating a task force that sees end-to-end to resolve and inform us and educate us and provide things to tackle the pandemic.

“So all Nigerians should know, in particular, Ndigbo, should know that the pandemic is real. Covid-19i is real, and many souls have been lost. So everybody should be able to obey and apply the NCDC’s instructions based on wearing of mask regularly, keeping physical distancing, making sure you wash your hand regularly, and other measures to keep you safe.  The earlier we keep safe the better,” Nwachukwu advised.