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Fashola Launches Free Meal Service For Public Servants During Lenten Period

Feb 22, 2010 - Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday launched a free meal service for Christian public servants throughout the Lenten period, saying it should be accepted as a token recognition of the devotion of the public servants.

According to Governor Fashola who spoke at the frontage of the Public Service Office in the Secretariat Alausa, said it is being done because government believes that inspite of the denial and devotion that occasion the season, the quality of work is not expected to abate neither does the level of commitment diminishes.

Said he: “As you put in all that you can. We can only use this gesture to appreciate your work, thank you for it and as we responded to Muslims during the last Ramadan season, it should not be different for you Christians at your period of denial”.

Governor Fashola added that the decision of the State Government to bring on the Mobile Kitchen to Alausa was informed by the philosophy of always making it better, saying as long as people exist, problems will exist.

He also thanked the Head of Service for always embracing new ideas and been ready to learn new things and trying them on as long as it is for the purpose of making it better for the people he leads.

The Governor prayed that as the Christians look on to the face of God, they will have abundant reward, plentiful spiritual renewal and rejuvenation for individual, State and national benefit.

Earlier in his address, the Head of Service, Mr Yakub Balogun thanked Governor Fashola for replicating what he did for Muslim Civil Servants during the Ramadan fasting last year August, when provision of meal and fruit packs were made free of charge for 2000 to Christians as he had promised.

He urged the Civil Servants to take advantage of the scheme by being more dedicated as it is one of the programmes aimed at improving the welfare of civil servants.

Also speaking, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Kitchen, Mr Adeola Adelanwa thanked Governor Fashola for the opportunity to serve the public servants adding that the quality of service being rendered is second to none.

He said the outfit is open to suggestions as civil servants can always reach him on suggestions on how to make it better.

Governor Fashola later launched the free meal programme by distributing the pack to some of the public servants present at the occasion.