The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has distributed not less than 80,000 chickens and 100,000 bags of rice to the Ekiti people between Thursday and Friday.
His Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti said the Christmas largesse including cash gift were distributed under the stomach infrastructure programme.
According to him, people of the State who continued to besiege the Governor’s office in their large numbers as well as those who had theirs delivered to them at their domain were amazed at the milk of kindness of the Governor, saying it has been long such has occurred in the State.
“Some of the elderly who could not hide their joy at the rear opportunity of having to celebrate the season with the package poured torrents of prayers on the man they referred to as supporter of a common man.
“As early as 10:00am, the Governor alongside several members of staff had started distributing the package to the people who kept appearing in their multitudes.”
Adelusi said some of the beneficiaries noted that the gesture had again reaffirmed the governor as a graasroots man to the core.
“They appreciated the governor for putting himself in the shoes of the common man who may find it difficult to prepare sumptous meal to his family at this period of festivity,” he added.
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