By Olasunkanmi Akoni

LAGOS—Over 1,000 indigent residents, mostly, members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have benefited from the empowerment programme sponsored by Senator Gbenga Ashafa, who represents Lagos East senatorial district.

The event, which took place at Iberekodo Primary School, Ibeju-Lekki, saw beneficiaries going home with such items as deep freezers, vulcanizing machines, hair dryers, barbing kits and power generating sets.
Other items given out include sewing machines and financial grants to 500 female party members in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area and Lekki Local Council Development Area, LCDA.