The Director General, Bureau of Public Enterprises BPE, Mr. Alex A. Okoh has called for collaborative efforts from all nigerians in order to overcome the Coronavirus plaguing Nigeria and other nations across the globe.

Okoh stated this Tuesday at the Palace of Esu Dakachi Gbaupe, Chief Danjuma Gajere, in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT during the last lap of the Bureau’s distribution of palliatives for the vulnerable in line with its Corporate Social Responsibility to cushion the harsh effects of the Federal Government’s Lockdown order.

Okoh said the harsh effects of the Lockdown were excruciating, hence the Bureau decided to reach out to the less privileged in the Federal Capital and noted that though the food items made up of 300 bags of assorted food  types may not reach  all the targeted beneficiaries, the gesture was the Bureau’s modest way of identifying with them. 

He reiterated that in line with the criterion set up for the distribution of the items, preference would be given to widows and single mothers who were targeted to get 60 percent of the items and the remaining 40 percent to the vulnerable in the area.

In his response, the Esu Dakachi Gbaupe, Chief Danjuma Gajere while receiving the Director General, Management and other staff of the BPE, expressed happiness for the kind gesture. He said that the community was experiencing hardship as result of the Lockdown and the food donation by the Bureau was timely and God-sent.

He prayed God to protect the BPE team with their families against the Pandemic.

He said “Since you have remembered us at this hour of need, so will God protect you and your family against the ravaging Pandemic”.

Meanwhile,  A widow, a mother of four, Mrs Adesetu Abdul from Asokoro Extension, Abuja was also presented with a pack of food items and cash donation to cushion the effect of the lockdown.

With Tuesday’s donation, the Bureau has successfully distributed food items to 1,200 households in the FCT to mitigate the hardships occasioned by the Lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic.