Region 13 Chairperson of Lion Club, District 404B2, Mrs Yetunde Oni has reiterated the organization’s commitment to putting smiles on the faces of the vulnerable persons and the less privileged in the society .
Mrs Oni opined that the Primary objective of the club is to make life bearable for the masses.
Mrs Oni gave the assurance on Thursday during the Thanksgiving Service to herald the commencement of 2023/2024 service year of the Lions Club International, District 404B2 Nigeria in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State.
The chairperson highlighted some of the interventions of the club in Ekiti state to includes: Donation of a Diabetes Screening Centre at the State Secretariat, Ado-Ekiti, Diabetes Screening & Diagnostic Block at the Ekiti University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) and a Solar Installation at the Heath Centre, Aisegba-Ekiti.
While assuring the congregation that the club is not resting on its oars, Mrs Oni noted that what they have done so far were just tips of an iceberg saying many are on pipeline. She however sought the support of corporate bodies, individuals and governments towards touching more lives .
She said:”Lions Clubs International was established by Melvin Jones in 1917 to help the less privileged and the needy in the society
“This thanksgiving services in the mosque and the church are to usher in the new Lions service year 2023/2024.
She added that Ekiti State is lucky to have one of its sons, Lion Prof. Dayo Fagbohun, a lecturer at the Ekiti State University as the current District Governor for District 404-B2 Nigeria of Lions Clubs International.
At the thanksgiving Service,
the Administrator in-charge of the Emmanuel Anglican Cathedral, Okesa, Ado-Ekiti, Venerable Simeon Olajobi urged government, Corporate Bodies and Individuals to always extend helping hands to the less privileged persons in the society.
While at a Jumat service which had earlier been held at the AUD Mosque, along Housing Road, Ado-Ekiti, the Chief Imaam, Alhaji Abdulfati Jamiu urged Nigerians to always cultivate the habit of giving to the less privileged in the society.
Alhaji Jamiu who noted that act of giving is mandatory in the Holy Quran, enjoined Nigerians to imbibe the act, as exemplified by the Lions Club.