Politics of COVID-19 Relief Items in Ogun State
Kayode Fasua writes that alleged favouritism in the distribution of COVID-19 relief items may have renewed bitter rivalry among political groups in Ogun State
Seething with rage, some suspected Amosun loyalists in the area insisted that the food items must be shared equally between the respective loyalists of the two Ogun State’s political strongmen, or be returned to base. Eventually, some elders came around and pacified the agitators, assuring that the freebies would get to every home in the long run.
But clearing the haze, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abiodun, Mr. Kunle Somorin, said it was only sheer mischief that could make anyone politicise the good intention of the state’s administration, in bringing relief to people who had been holed up at home. “For avoidance of doubt, the Ogun State Government’s relief food pack contains the following seven items: 5kg of rice, 5kg of beans, 5kg of garri, salt, seasoning cubes, four numbers of vegetable oil sachets, and five numbers of tomato puree sachets.
“The government wishes to reassure the citizens that the distribution is an on-going process, and that the items will reach all the mapped beneficiaries in due course; starting with the elderly, the poor and the vulnerable,” Somorin clarified. “When there was no lockdown, we were living a life of social neglect and living from hand to mouth; how about now that nothing is working, owing to the Covid-19 lockdown? Our fate is better imagined,” Adebesin demurred.
“The global Coronavirus pandemic has reached dangerous dimensions, with a spike in infection numbers around the world, and inevitable adverse effects on global economy and on virtually all areas of human endeavour.
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