King Of Ijora Kingom Donates New Bus, Food Items To Red Cross

The Ojora of Ijora and Iganmu Kingdom, Oba (King) Abdulfatai Oyeyinka, Aremu Armoire Oyegbami II, donated a 14-seater Toyota Hiace bus and several other items to the Nigerian Red Cross Society in Lagos State.

Oyeyinka told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that he donated the items on the last day of 2022 to mark the new year celebration which commemorates with his 70th year birthday anniversary.

Other items given are several bags of rice and beans, packets of indomie, clothes, pampers among other things.

The king said that he had been partnering with the Nigerian Red Cross Society for 25years to donate relief materials to the needy to help improve their well-being.

"I am passionate about caring for the needy especially motherless children, that is why I engage in humanitarian service every year.

"I am happy to for the opportunity of donating the bus, food and cloth items to the society. I hope it will go a long way in assisting their humanitarian services," he said.

Oyeyinka urged other well meaning Nigerians in the society to help the Red Cross improve on it's humanitarian services and emergency responses by dianting items that would meet their needs.

The Society's branch Chairman, Mrs Adebola Kolawole described the act as a last minute miracle because it came at the last day of 2022 with just a few hours to 2023.

Kolawole thanked the king saying that the bus would certainly help solve the problem of logistics and transporting the motherless and abandoned children in their care during visitations.

"The bus will be used to convey the children and people to the magistrate court from time to time, clinic and other outings.

"The bus will also be used as emergency response although not an ambulance, it can also move us from one point to another to do few administrative work also," she said.

The chairman said that the Society looked forward for more support as emergency responders and appreciated Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his support to humanitarian services over the years.

"We look forward to more support and we are very hopeful that the government is having something in the kitchen that is going to reveal to us soon.

"He is a listening governor who has been supporting us in the past. We recognise the role he played during the Ita Faaji building collapse in 2019 just as governor elect," she said.

Kolawole said that Sanwo-Olu was recently awarded the Henri Dunant Award of Excellence, an award only given once in ten years.

"We recognise all his humanitarian projects targeted towards relieving the suffering of the people especially the needy in the society.

"We hope that a good number of people will imbibe this attribute of supporting humanitarian services just like the governor and Ojora of Ijora.

"We pray and look forward to more support and a good emergency response in 2023," the chairman said.