Filmmaker-turned politician, Desmond Elliot, has provided food support to a number of widows in Surulere, Lagos.
The House of Assembly member did so on Sunday at his Demond Olushola Elliott (DOE) Support for Widows programme.
Speaking, Elliot said the programme is to give support to the widows and widowers in the constituency.
“Actually we do this programme every year but because I discovered that a lot of people do not know anything about the things we do in the office, I decided to make this one public.
“The second reason for this gesture is that this is January and a lot of spending took place in December, following the yuletide.
“Many people will be struggling a lot in January so we feel that the widows and widowers don’t really have their partners to help them.
“To this end, I decided to support, because this is just food stuffs. Most importantly this is to let them know that we are not far from them.
“Apart from what we are giving, the interaction we are having with them makes them happy,” he said.
Elliot said he would be presenting two LAG Ride Buses to residents as a form of empowerment programme.
He noted that the two buses would make it seven LAG Ride buses that he had so far presented to his constituents in Surulere, in the last eight months.
The lawmaker appealed to residents to come out on Feb. 3, with their PVCs to elect Laguda.
