The Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, has donated N10 million to help fight the coronavirus in Ekiti.
Sen. Bamidele represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, (APC).
The senator said that the donation was his way of identifying with the state government and the people in fighting the pandemic.
The senator’s Senior Legislative Aide, Mr Bunmi Oguntuase, made the announcement in a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday.
This is coming after the 109 senators had resolved to donate half of their monthly salaries to the National COVID-19 Account.
According to the statement, Bamidele emphasised that this patriotic enthusiasm was an extra act by him to help with the fight against the deadly virus.
The lawmaker also advised the National Assembly council from Ekiti, to join hands with Fayemi in this trying period to safeguard the people from the disease and premature death.
He added that the gesture was part of the resolve of the National Assembly members from Ekiti to partner in containing the pandemic.
His Statement
“I, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele has started by donating a sum of N10 million to fight the scourge.
” Other federal lawmakers from Ekiti will definitely do something in a matter of days as well.
“A sum of N5 million has been paid into the State’s COVID-19 account while the remaining N5 million will go into the centrally coordinated food drive initiative specifically targeted at the vulnerable population in the senatorial district.
” I am appealing to other illustrious leaders, sons and daughters of Ekiti to join hands with the state government by contributing sacrificially to the COVID-19 account to augment what government can mobilise.
” The House of Representatives members and senators from Ekiti had since last week been distributing hand sanitisers, hand washing soaps and buckets in their various constituencies.
” This came barely 24 hours after Governor Fayemi’s statewide broadcast where he appealed to well-meaning Ekiti stakeholders to join hands in waging war against coronavirus,” he said.
” This underscored the fact that the cord of unity among public officials remains strong and such strength was being deployed to develop human capital resources of our dear state,” he added.