The Founder/Chief Executive Officer, JorJor Mother and Child Foundation Mrs Anjor Obande, has urged the federal government to continue investing in the social investment programmes in order to reach out to vulnerable Nigerians.
JorJor Mother and Child Foundation is a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) that aims at sustaining life, building healthier communities by giving our most vulnerable families a chance, providing mother and child with basic necessities.
Obande made this advocacy during an outreach organised by JorJor Mother and Child Foundation on Saturday in Mpape, Abuja, FCT.
According to her, the current economic situation is making it very difficult for families, individuals to afford food and other basic necessities for their family.
“The economic hardship is really biting deep; a lot of parents cannot even provide a meal for their children and that’s why we are here; to bring that aid to a lot of families as much as we can; that’s the essence of today’s programme.
“We thought of reaching out to as many as possible. So, that’s why we started with the Mpape community; we are going to be visiting as many states in Nigeria to ensure that we do our own part.
“Today, we gave out bags of rice to over 100 families, and then we also gave out cartons of indomie and spaghetti, packs of maggi and tomato paste; we also gave out cash to the people that came, passersby were not to be left out,” she said.
Speaking, Chairman of Mpape Berger Quarry Community in Abuja Comrade Ismaila Abdullahi, lauded JorJor Mother and Child Foundation for the initiative to share food items in their community.
“They gave each person a bag of rice; more than 100 people benefitted from the bags of rice they shared; they even gave us money. And for some late comers that were not able to get the rice, so they gave them cash, so we’re very happy.
“I want to seize this opportunity to beg the government to, please, try to emulate this foundation; people are really suffering because there is hunger in the land,” he said.
Also speaking, one of the beneficiaries, Mrs Franca Odu, a mother of two, said she was so happy to benefit from the kind gesture.
“I should be proud to say that this is the first time I am collecting this kind of thing; I have been living here for 17 years; I pay revenue and other things; I’ve not met good people like this that come, not minding the religion, not minding the tribe.
“She came, saw women, widows, aging mothers, less privileged and decided to help us out of her good heart.”