Ekiti State sons and daughters both at home and in the Diaspora had been urged to emulate the kind gesture and benevolence of the Pacers in this critical period of Coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking in Ikoro-Ekiti, Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, where an Ekiti based socioeconomic group, the Pacers was distributing cash gifts among other palliatives to the residents of the community, the paramount traditional ruler of the community, Olukoro of Ikoro-Ekiti, Oba (Dr.) Adebanji Adeleye said, "this is a kind gesture from the Pacers and I am very proud of them, I will also like to encourage good number of indigenes of this town and of Ekiti State as a whole to emulate this noble act. Though we are having some of them around at this period, but the more the merrier, I pray God will continue to be with us all."
While giving out the materials which included N2,500 cash to over 100 people and hundreds of face masks and bottles of hand sanitizer to hundreds of residents, the group Gov'nor, Alexander Oke who was represented by the Information Officer of the group, Odunayo Yussuf said, the Pacers is committed to enliven the spirit of the people especially at this critical period. According to him, "what we are doing is essentially to enliven the spirit of the people. It is a fact that the challenges people are facing at this particular time are enormous, the economic activities is at it's lowest, so we decide that out of our little resources we should help our people."
Also commending the effort of the group, the residents of the community in their tens said with this kind of gesture, the adverse effects occasioned by the pandemic will be greatly alleviated.

This is a great one worth Emulating