In a bid to contain the spread of the third wave of COVID-19, Ikeja Golden Lions Club, District 404 B2 Nigeria has donated sanitation materials to Alade Market, Ikeja, Lagos.

This is also as the club joined the market people to clean up the market environment, thereby setting an example for healthy living.

Speaking during the donation of the items at the Alade Market, Funmilayo Otusajo, the activity chairperson said the club decided to donate sanitation materials to Alada market and clean its environment as part of its service to humanity.

Otusajo said the gesture was done to support the market people to gain access to cleaning materials amid the third wave of COVID-19.

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“We bought heavy-duty plastic garbage boxes, brooms, brushes, rakes and packers. The Alade market people need our support and assistance. It seemed as though the government has abandoned them and we thought that we needed to help them live healthy lives and imbibe the culture of cleanliness.

“This activity by the club is going to continue. We have various activities lined up for this year. This is the first activity we are doing for our Lion’s year and part of what we are doing here today is to contain the spread of COVID-19,” she said.

Ebun Woru, who represented the Iya Loja said the market people are very grateful to Ikeja Golden Lions Club for the kind gesture.

“They cleaned the market and gave us some sanitation items. I hope other organisations could see what they are doing and emulate them,” Woru said.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.

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