By Tope Musowo
Lagos
Minority Leader of Lagos state House of Assembly, Akeem Bello, yesterday put smile on the faces of not less than 200 widows in his constituency as he showered them with various gift items.
Bello, who represents Amuwo-Odofin constituency 11 at the Lagos Assembly presented to each widow branded bags containing some kg of rice,6 yards of Ankara fabric, vegetable oil and cash gift for their Christmas celebration.
Speaking with newsmen in his Alausa office after the programme, Bello explain that it was a programme he organises annually to ensure that widows who don’t have husband to take care of them and their children at xmas are not left without being catered for.
“I do this every year just to put smile on the faces of this helpless widows, it may look small to you but these little things matter to these people ,that is why they are all happy with me including APC members and they keep praying for me, you could see the happiness on their faces.
These people voted me into the State House of Assembly even as a member of an opposition party (PDP), they gave me over 3000 votes during the election which is unprecedented in the history of Amuwo-Odofin constituency 11, I surely owe them my appreciation.
By Thursday again, I will be going round all the wards in my constituency with my thank you gifts to appreciate my people for their supports and prayer, I will not forget the CDA chairmen, the religious leaders, party leaders, the traditional leaders and so on “,Bello affirmed.
Speaking further on his programmes to make his constituents more happy he said that “I am working on direct employment for the youth, so also skill acquisition programmes to get the youth busy so that they won’t be susceptible to criminal activities, I have just graduated a set another set is coming on.
