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.

LABTOP     SGBN     Ayo Salami     Yaman     Lawan     Baboko     Ile Arugbo     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     KwaraLearn     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Dankaka     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Sanusi Abubakar     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Alfa Belgore     Gwanara     CCT     Arandun     Curfew     Tanke Road     Adegoke Bamidele     Adedipe     Sheikh Alimi     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Kwara State Pension Board     Dele Momodu     Jumoke F. Ajao     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Falokun-Oja     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Shade Omoniyi     KSIRS     Tinubu     Danhawa     Jide Ashonibare     Babaloja-General     Bond     Chief Imam Of Offa     Mutawali     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Malete     Kemi Adeosun     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Haliru Dantoro     Kwara 2015     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Mogaji Aare     Students Union Government     Sunset Workers     Kehinde Baale     Code Of Conduct     Paul Odama     Abraham Ojo     KW-GIS     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Tosin Saraki     Admiralty Villa     Samuel Adaramola     Doyin Agbamu     Ibrahim Jawondo     Agor Market     Ibrahim Oniye     Taofik Mustapha     Femi Gbajabiamila     Mohammed Abduraheem     Lukman Adeloyin     MAI Akande     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Aminat Omodara    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Saidu Isa     Babaloja-General     Yomi Adeboye     Makama Of Ilorin     Laboratory-to-Product     Gobirawa     Saka Saadu     Arinola Lawal     Frootify     Matthew Okedare     AbdulRahman Saad     Kwasu     Salihu S. Yaru     Muritala Awodun     Rasheed Jimoh     Hassan Saliu     Mufti Of Ilorin     Ile Arugbo     Ahman Pategi     IQRA College     Abdulhakeem Amao     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Abdulraheem Olesin     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Suleiman Abubakar     Mohammed Haruna     Ayinde Oyepitan     Babata     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Bashirat Bola Bello     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Overland     African Democratic Congress     Saad Belgore     Ibrahim Taiwo     Abdulazeez Uthman     Bayer AG     CBT     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Gaa Olobi     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Ajayi Okasanmi     Bisi Oyeleke     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Talaka Parapo     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Kwara Pdp     Amos Bajeh     Sunday Otokiti     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Saeedat Aliyu     Abdulfatai Baakini     Ali Ahmad     Isiaka Yusuf     Taofik Abdulkareem     Balikis Jawondo     CCT     Irepodun     Kayode Yusuf     Kunle Okeowo     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Muhammed Akanbi     Jamiu Oyawoye     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Abegunde Goke     TIC     Florence Saraki     Gani Saadu     FOMWAN     Osi