Rotary District 9110 donates N2m to Abule Ado fire disaster relief fund

The Rotary International District 9110, comprising of Rotary clubs in Lagos and Ogun states, has donated the sum of N2 million in support of the Lagos State government’s initiative to provide relief for the victims of the recent fire disaster in Abule-Ado in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.

This was disclosed yesterday at the Rotary Centre, Ikeja GRA, Lagos by the District Governor, Dr. Jide Akeredolu, who stated that being the foremost Humanitarian Service Organisation in the world, “Rotary is known for such interventions as this, which are carried out by clubs and districts in many parts of the world to provide succour for those who are disadvantaged by one reason or the other in the society.”

According to him, it became expedient for the District to respond to the call by the Lagos State Government, going by the degree of humanitarian situation that suddenly occurred as a result of the inferno, which devastated such a large community, claiming lives and leaving many people wounded, homeless or stranded.

Akeredolu said further that the move is one of the several avenues through which Rotarians collaborate with Governments across the globe in the quest to make the world a better place, adding that Rotary’s six areas of focus which are Peace Building and Conflict Prevention, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Disease Prevention and Treatment, Maternal and Child Health, Economic Community Development as well as Basic Education and Literacy, have continued to shape the direction in which billions of dollars of Rotary funds are spent every year.

He said there are so many issues facing humanity which call for compassion, kindness and empathy from public-spirited people who should join a platform like Rotary where over 1.2 million leaders around the world connect, brainstorm and harness resources to address the needs of their communities on local and global scales.