House Committee chair on emergency, disaster preparedness assures judicious use of members donations

Date: 2020-03-31

Rep Tunji Olawuyi, the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness has assured that his committee alongside that of Health would ensure judicious use of the salaries of members donated to fight COVID-19

Olawuyi, who represents Ekiti, Isin, Irepodun and Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara, in a statement, he signed on Tuesday disclosed that members of the House of Representatives, had agreed to donate their 100 percent salaries for March and April to fight COVID-19.

He said the speaker, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, had directed the clerk of the house to ensure members' salaries for the month in question was transferred straight to the account of the National Relief Fund for the fight against COVID-19.

Olawuyi said that the Speaker directed his committee and that of Health to ensure that funds and relief materials donated towards the fight of the COVID-19 were properly disbursed for accountability purpose.

He expressed hope that the House's effort to ensure Nigerians were protected from contracting the virus paid off, adding that the whole world was on its toe to stop the spread of the virus.

The Lawmaker said two-month salary donation was independent of the contributions by individual members to alleviate the hardship that their constituents face at this time of global emergency.

Olawuyi said that the Speaker had urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as part of its Policy Measures in Response to the COVID-19 outbreak, to immediately direct cash grants to the 774 Local Government Area administrations in the country to provide food and other essentials to at-risk individuals and communities.

On his part, Olawuyi, said arrangements were almost concluded to reach out to the people of his constituency with food items after a successful awareness and enlightenment campaign as well as distribution of safety items to them to stop the spread of the virus.

He appealed to the people of the area and the state in general to work with the state government to fight the battle to end the scourge of the COVID-19

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ndakene     Modibbo Kawu     Idofin     New Nigeria People’s Party     Sulu Gambari     Akorede     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Igbaja     Saba Jibril     Kwarareports     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Ibrahim Abiodun     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Leke Ogungbe     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Abubakar Lah     Seni Saraki     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Kawu     Kunle Suleiman     Read With Me     Saba Mamman Daniel     IYA ALFA NLA     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     George Innih     Jelili Yusuf     Kolo     Igbomina     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Issa Oloruntogun     Abubakar Aliagan     Public Holiday     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     University Road     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Odolaye Aremu     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Muazam Nayaya     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Offa Descendants Union     Kunbi Titiloye     Share     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Dele Belgore     Bolaji Gambari     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     General Hospital, Offa     Ojo Fadumila     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Ilesha-Baruba     Kayode Issa     Olaosebikan     Fatai Olodo     High Court     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Samuel Adaramola     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Sarah Alade     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Federal Allocation     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Ileloke     Alagbado     Iyabo Adewuyi     SSA Youth Engagement     Suleiman Mora Omar     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Rihanat Ajia     Siraj Oyewale     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Ibrahim Labaika     Kolawole Bashirat     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Kale Ayo     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Abubakar Aliagan     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Osi     Sarah Jubril     AbdulHamid Adi     Esinrogunjo     Maigida Soludero Transit     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Aso Ofi     Tanke Road     Albert Ogunsola     Ahmad Uthman     Hussein Olokooba     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     CCT     AbdulRahman Saad     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Baruba     Ronke Adeyemi     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Kunbi Titiloye     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Sabitiyu Grillo     Okin Biscuits     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Funmilayo Oniwa     Haliru Dantoro     SAPZ Project     Bareke     Sarah Alade     2017 Budget     Rafiu Ibrahim     Alaro     KWATMA     Abdulquawiy Olododo     IYA ALFA NLA     Admiralty Villa     Innocent Okoye     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Talaka Parapo     Sa\'adu Gambari     Fatai Olodo     Olatunji Bamgbola     All Peoples Party     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Babaloja-General     IFK     Federal Allocation     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Yahaya Dumoye     Oluronke Adeyemi     Al-Hikmah University     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     07039448763     Kabir Shagaya     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Olofa Of Offa     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Abdulkareem Alabi     Makama Of Kaiama     TIC     Islamiya Abdulraheem     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     KFA     Afolabi-Oshatimehin