COVID-19: Ejalonibu Foundation Distributes Food Items to Widows, Indigent in Badagry

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Ejalonibu Foundation, on Sunday distributed food items to 1,000 widows, aged and indigent in Badagry, Lagos State, to cushion the effect of COVID-19 lockdown.

Mr Babatunji Wusu-Ejalonibu, Founder of the Foundation, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry that the NGO had to extend the palliative to widows, aged and the vulnerable who did not benefit in the first phase.

According to him, during the distribution of the first batch food items in Badagry, attention was focused on some residents who lived on daily income.

“About 600 residents benefited from the relief items here, we went back to draw board and discovered that the aged, widows, widowers and vulnerable are most affected by the lockdown.

“These people have nobody to cater for them and they are dying of hunger in their respective houses.

A blind widow praying for the NGO founder after receiving relief package from him on Sunday in Badagry.

“But today, we have brought over 1,000 food items including rice, beans, garri, spaghetti and noddles to give the widows and indigent in Badagry as our little effort in addressing the hunger brought by the COVID-19 lockdown.

“We have identified these people in Ajido, Gbaji, Ajara, Kankon and Imeke through the Community Development Committee (CDC) in their areas.

“We believe that the little intervention from our own side will go a long way in reducing the hardship that might be created by the lockdown,” he said.

Wusu-Ejalonibu said the foundation had embarked on series of projects such as giving out scholarship to indigenes in higher institutions and assisting the less privileged in the town.

Old couple receiving food package from NGO founder in Gbaji, Badagry on Sunday.

He called on well meaning Nigerians and philanthropists to assist the government by providing food items to the people during the lockdown.

He appealed to residents of Badagry to be careful of the COVID-19 pandemic as the Lagos State Government begins easing the lockdown in the state.

Chief Tajudeen Ayipe, Wawu of Badagry Kingdom, commended the NGO for assisting the needy during the lockdown.

Ayipe appreciated the NGO founder, who visited his palace at Topo garage, Badagry, and prayed that God would reward his goodness.One of the beneficiaries, Mrs Mausi Agidigada, a widow, commended the founder of the NGO for extending his hand of mercy to them.

She prayed that God’s blessings would continue to follow him.