The Oyo State Government and ActionAid Nigeria, on Thursday, distributed essential household items to 70 vulnerable beneficiaries at Offa Igbo Community in the Lagelu Local Government Area of the state, as part of efforts to improve living conditions and strengthen social protection for disadvantaged households.
The beneficiaries comprised eight persons with disabilities, 10 young girls and other vulnerable households.
Items distributed included blankets, mats, buckets, towels, bathing soaps, detergents, body creams, slippers, sanitary pads and other essential domestic materials.
The intervention, organised by ActionAid Nigeria, through the European Union-funded European Union Support for Strengthening Social Protection in Nigeria project, was held to commemorate the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, themed ‘United for Peace and Human Rights.’
The Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria, Andrew Mamedu, represented by the organisation’s Partnership and Local Rights Specialist, Kehinde Arowosegbe, said poverty went beyond the inability to meet basic financial needs, noting that
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