Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu , Deputy Governor, Kadri Obafemi Hamzat , the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Tokunbo Abiru and the Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sustainable Development Goals , Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire during the commissioning of the remodeled Oluwo Fish market in Epe, Lagos.
Abiru also presented grants worth N62.5m to 1,250 selected market women and traders across the senatorial district and supported about 200 rural farmers with hand planters and financial grants. “After my inauguration as Senator, I commissioned an extensive NEEDS assessment to ascertain the peculiar and most pressing needs of our people across the 98 wards in the 16 local councils and local council development areas in Lagos East Senatorial District. The feedback generated from our people has been the compass in navigating where and what to facilitate in respective communities in the order of priority and expediency.
Abiru listed other forms of intervention brought to the people since assuming office to include multifaceted empowerment, facilitation and endowment initiatives, which has benefited hundreds of thousands of residents in form of skills acquisition, training, financial assistance, free health and education outreaches, among others.