A Non Governmental Organisation, Foodclique Support Initiative in collaboration with PepsiCo Foundation have distributed free food boxes to over five hundred residents of Ikotun in Alimosho local government area of Lagos State.
The gesture was in continuation of its “Give Meals, Give Hope” campaign aimed at feeding vulnerable Nigerians across the country.
The event which recorded an impressive turn out was held at 1-5, Isolo Road, Ikotun, besides Synagogue Church of All Nations.
The distribution of the food boxes at Ikotun was one of the numerous interventions by the groups towards the eradication of hunger among the less privileged.
The groups stressed the need for regular outreach towards the downtrodden especially at this period that the prices of food stuffs and other consumables have skyrocketed.
Tomilayo Sadiq, Head Program and Research at Foodclique Support Initiative, said the choice of Idimu for the distribution was arrived at due to large number of people facing the challenge of catering for their daily needs.
He said since inception of the group over a decade, close to twelve point five million Nigerains across some states have benefitted from the free food box distribution.
He was of the view that solving the challenge of hunger is tantamount to addressing the most basic need of man.
Gbenga Adesanya, HR Manager at PepsiCo Foundation said the collaboration with Foodclique in reaching out to the needy and the poor was due to her track record.
He charged government to continue to provide conducive environment for those in the private sector to honour their obligations of Corporate Social Responsibility in impacting on the lives of the people.
Many of the beneficiaries expressed profound gratitude to the groups for the kind gesture.
They however urged government to emulate the Initiative by providing free food to the poor in the society.
