Group donates foodstuffs to Osun workers.

The CITA Foundation has donated 600 bags of rice and 100 bags of beans to local government workers and some pensioners in Osun State.
The gesture, according to the group, was aimed at alleviating the suffering of the workers due to the non-payment of their salaries for months.

The distribution of the foodstuffs to the beneficiaries which was carried out at the residence of the founder of the foundation, Thomas Ogungbangbe, was the response of the group to the appeal made by the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Osun State chapter, Mr. Jacob Adekomi, to public-spirited Nigerians and Non-Governmental Organisations to assist the workers in the state.
Ogungbangbe said the gesture was devoid of politics because the group just decided to assist the workers and pensioners who were going through hardship as a result of the salary issue. He stated that the gesture would give them respite from hunger.
He said, "In response to the need of our people in this daunting global economic situation, Nigeria and Osun are not in isolation and this has further trickled down to local sectors."
The Executive Secretary of CITA, Mr. Ola Azeez, stated that the initial plan of the foundation was to use the secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees for the distribution of the foodstuffs but he said the gesture was misconstrued.
The Deputy President of NULGE in the state, Kehinde Ogungbamigbe, expressed appreciation to the foundation for coming to assist local government workers in their time of hardship.