Lagos Island East LCDA Holds 17th Edition of Subsidy Removal, Palliative Community Market as Council Boss Asks Residents to Report Contractors Undertaking Shoddy Jobs
The Chairman of Lagos Island East LCDA, Muibi Folawiyo, has charged residents to raise the alarm whenever they find shoddy jobs undertaken by any of the council’s contractors.
He also vowed to continue implementing social intervention programs for the benefit of the vulnerable and less privileged in the council area.
The council boss stated these at the 17th edition of the Subsidy Removal and Palliative Community Market held within the council area.
He, however, warned that anyone caught with fake tickets for the purchase of highly subsidized food items at the community market will face the full wrath of the law.
According to him, five people arrested during the last community market spent five days in detention but were later released after much pleading from prominent elders of the council.
Folawiyo explained that though the tickets may not go round at once, the council also reached out to those with pressing needs, saying that the administration remains committed to bringing relief and succor to residents in different ways.
He noted that the prices of food items keep increasing daily since the removal of the fuel subsidy, expressing gratitude to Governor Sanwo-Olu and party leaders for their support in delivering the dividends of democracy to the people.
Recently, the Chairman said that educational materials were given to schools and grants to widows in the area to start petty businesses.
The council boss, who appealed to residents to voluntarily pay their taxes, announced that four major projects are currently ongoing, assuring that the community market will not hinder infrastructural development.
The Council Manager, Ademola Azeez, in an interview with newsmen, said the magic behind the success of the program was the prudent spending of council resources.
According to him, the council is currently embarking on projects in various sectors that will add value to the lives of residents.
Some of the beneficiaries applauded the Chairman and his team for sustaining the project, which they said always puts smiles on their faces.
Food items sold at pocket-friendly and heavily subsidized prices include rice, beans, eggs, smoked fish, plantain powder, live chicken, palm oil, garri, yam powder, semovita, and Indomie.
