Lagos Residents get Govt’s Food, Cash Support
...commend Initiative Residents across Lagos State have commended the State Government’s social intervention programme following the latest phase of distribution of rice and cash support for vulnerable households. One of the beneficiaries, Ms. Olanrewaju Blessing from Kosofe Local Government Area, expressed gratitude after receiving support through the Lagos State Single Social Register (LASSR). According to her, after years of being enrolled on the register without benefiting from any intervention, she was recently contacted and invited to receive assistance. "I had almost lost hope, but I received a call informing me that I had been selected. Today, I am happy to receive this support," she said. Blessing is among 1,500 beneficiaries selected across the State under the intervention coordinated by the Lagos State Operations Coordinating Unit (LASOCU) of the Social Protection Coordinating Department, Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, in collaboration with the ...