The 'Pan-Okun Relief Response To COVID-19 Initiative' was launched to tackle the social and health challenges posed by the dreaded virus to the Yoruba-speaking people of the state. Covid19 Okun Kogi
Last Wednesday, the Pan-Okun Relief Response To COVID-19 Initiative was launched to tackle the social and health challenges posed by the dreaded virus to the Yoruba-speaking people of the state. Also known as the Okun people, it brought together all shades of political divides under one umbrella.
The conveners of COVID-19 Relief Response Initiative, who have decided to put on hold their different political affiliates, are Senator Smart Adeyemi, who represents Kogi West Senatorial District, Hon. Leke Abejide and Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf, both members of House of Representatives for Yagba and Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituencies respectively.
This is at time when Wada/Aro and Bello/Onoja are at the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and various other courts on a plethora of cases arising from the disputed governorship election. Other eminent personalities in the committee are Lagos-based management consultant, Chief Funsho Owoyemi and Director-General, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission , Mr. Babatunde Irukera, among others.
He said, “Before I proceed, I consider it most appropriate to acknowledge and extol the thoughtfulness of Honourable Leke Abejide, Honorable T. J. Yusuf and Distinguished Senator Smart Adeyemi, who conceived of this timely and compelling project. I also commend those who lent support by painstakingly developing an operational manual for its smooth take off and effective implementation.
He added, “This exercise is significant not only for its expected utilitarian outcomes but as a symbol of our unity. It should therefore serve to close rather than expand our faultlines. In this regard, we should constantly bear in mind that the vulnerable and the needy amongst us are not bothered by our differences neither do they derive benefits from those differences.
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