Nigeria | Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) Donates Items To States Across The Country  

–Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) Secretariat – Nigeria

The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) has presented  items to 20 states  in its ongoing distribution of palliatives since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and that efforts are on the way to ensure that items get to other states of the country. The recent exercise is the second phase of   distribution , as the organisation had earlier made an outreach to some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the FCT in April this year.

 Ms. Gloria Dede, Head of the Bayelsa office of the Foundation, stated this today in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital while presenting some items to the Bayelsa State Government. According to her, the gesture was to complement the COVID – 19 response efforts of the various  state governments.

Ms Dede said: “food items such as rice and beans, sanitizers and other  sanitary materials have been shared  to Internally Displaced Persons Camps (IDPs) in the FCT and 20 other states.” She listed the states to include: Anambra, Abia, Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Bayelsa,Cross River, Delta, Edo and  Ekiti. Others are  Kebbi, Taraba, Zamfara, Sokoto, Oyo, Imo, Ebonyi, Enugu, Rivers and Akwa Ibom.

She noted that : ” the COVID- 19 pandemic has brought about a devastating impact on economies and governance around the world, thereby affecting  the lives and livelihood  of millions of citizens.  For us, at the  Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, our gesture today is a way of complementing the efforts of different state governments by providing these palliatives to help cushion the economic impact in many homes.

“This presentation  is an ongoing process and we are determined to cover other states in the country . So far, we covered 20 state and some IDPs in the FCT. ..” For Bayelsa we are giving a token of 1,000 5kg bags of rice and beans to the state  government as a way of complimenting their   COVID- 19 response strategy. ”
The Bayelsa State, Governor, Senator Douye Diri, who was represented by his chief Staff, Chief Benson Agadaga thanked the Foundation for its support stating that: ” Bayelsa State  aligns with  the mission and vision of  the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation as it  in tandem with the prosperity agenda of the present administration. We look forward to partnering with your Foundation  in  more areas so that we can  build a peaceful prosperous and inclusive Bayelsa.”