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Lion’s Club To Expend N200m On Less Privileged

By Chris Irekamba
16 August 2015   |   5:00 am
AS part of its humanitarian activities, the Lion’s Club, District 404B-2 Nigeria has earmarked N200m to be expended on the less privileged and some communities, as disclosed by the District Governor, Dr. Christine Funke Adebajo at a press briefing in Lagos. Speaking on this year’s theme: Our Community: Our Future, the first female District Governor…
Photo credit letsendpoverty

Photo credit letsendpoverty

AS part of its humanitarian activities, the Lion’s Club, District 404B-2 Nigeria has earmarked N200m to be expended on the less privileged and some communities, as disclosed by the District Governor, Dr. Christine Funke Adebajo at a press briefing in Lagos.

Speaking on this year’s theme: Our Community: Our Future, the first female District Governor stated that the future can only be shaped if individuals and corporate bodies contribute their quota to make life easy for the common man.

“If we positively impart on our community today, our future can be assured and comfortable. This will eventually translate to what the world becomes tomorrow.

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