Firm brings reprieve to residents displaced by Lagos-Calabar coastal road project

Lagos-based business consultancy firm, KloverHarris Limited, has brought relief for 150 members of the Alpha Beach Settlement in Okun Alfa, a coastal community around the Lekki Peninsula inEti-Osa Local Council of Lagos State.

The residents displaced by the ongoing construction of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway received palliatives from the company as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) interventions.

The package, among others, included rice, beans, garri, salt, semolina, sugar, vegetable oil, toothpaste, milk, detergents, soap and palm oil.

Speaking at the event, Managing Director of KloverHarris Limited, Ms Bukola Ariyibi, said the gesture was reflective of the company’s solemn commitment to tackling some of the challenges faced by vulnerable communities across the country.

She stated: “Our key objective in making this intervention is to mitigate the pain which the displacement from their homes would have inflicted on fellow Nigerians. It fits into our business philosophy, which aims at building strategic relationships that facilitate positive socio-economic development in our dear country.

“On the other hand, we are encouraged by the realisation of the enormous positive effect which the road project would have on the developmental objectives of the country.”

Ariyibi assured that the organisation would continue to partner other stakeholders in making strategic interventions to support nation-building and human progress.

The gesture was applauded by the community’s representatives who showered encomiums on the company.

In his remarks, the Baale (Traditional Ruler) of Alpha Beach Settlement, Yusuf Elegushi Atewolara, commended the company for its exemplary empathy and charity towards the afflicted in the society, describing the gesture as one that the community would always remain thankful for.