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As part of efforts to mitigate hunger and fight food insecurity, NGO known as Lagos Food Bank has joined the likes of Indomie, Coca-Cola and Woodhall Capital in partnership with The Candlelight Foundation to feed the less advantaged.

The Candlelight, which has provided over 55,000 meals at their centre located at 39, Oyekan Street, Off Ogunlana Drive, Surulere, has been selected by Lagos Food Bank after their due diligence was carried out.

They praised The Candlelight Foundation for their neatness, coordination, manner of approach to patrons.

Reports have suggested that because of Covid-19 Pandemic another 96 Million Nigerians will thrust into poverty and hunger after the period of isolation and lockdown.

According to The Candlelight Foundation, this is evident from the increase in the number of patrons they attend to every food service day.

Commenting during the handover of foods items, The Lagos Food Bank President, Mr. Michael A. Sunbola expressed satisfaction at The Candlelight Foundation service. In his words: "We have adopted The Candlelight Foundation as one of our partner agencies that we want to be supplying food to and also to reach people in Surulere, so it's something that we need to invest in."

When asked why he chose The Candlelight Foundation, He further made mention of the outstanding credibility, stressing that was what motivated and engineered this partnership.

“We did our findings and when we got the information, we began to carry out our research and the feedback we got about The Candlelight Foundation was good, it’s just something that looks really genuine. I saw some of your pictures as well and there are lot of evident reasons to see that you people are very genuine. We are really happy when we find credible organizations. And we are happy because we know that the work is being done and people are being reached. This is the most important thing. There are a lot of pseudo organizations out there who are really not doing this work. We also know that this work is not easy. So when we find those doing it, we are always happy to be partners with such people,”Sunbola said.

The Candlelight Foundation has been feeding people before the covid19 pandemic but as the effect of hunger continues to rise, The Candlelight Foundation is taking their place increasing the number of meals provided in an attempt to meet up with the increasing number of patrons visiting their centre.

An enthusiastic Executive Director of The Candlelight Foundation, Uzoamaka Okeke was quoted saying, “I am excited that the Lagos Food Bank which is an NGO that The Candlelight Foundation greatly admires, has decided to partner with us. We recognize that Charity is not a competitor’s spot and so we look forward to a greater and deeper relationship with them as well as other NGOs, Charity Organizations, Food Brands and other Sectors of the society.”

"Steer clear of this property to avert 'had I known,' " embattled house owner tells whoever cares to listen as he makes public notice to all buyers asking them to keep off from number 33 Peter Okoye street, Uwani, Enugu State, saying it is not for sale. 

Reports have it that the house was sold by one Mr. Friday Nwafor in 2015 to Mr Olisaemeka Osifo.

Acording to Olisaemeka Osifo:
"I bought the house from Mr Friday Nwafor on 15th of...2015. There are two buildings in the compound; after I purchased the house, the man asked me to do a sub-division after he had given me some documents to sign, which I signed. He then claimed that government's land is not suitable for sub-division. He held my money, then I had to push hard. He took me to court to send me out of my property, we went to court, I won. We went to appeal court 3 times and I won the case against him on the 20th of last month. Now, he wants to sell the house and run. I want caution placed on the property so that anyone trying to purchase it will know that it's at his or her own risk."

Commenting further he said: "The case is in court; anybody that buys it, it is at his own risk. Mr Friday Nwafor is a criminal, and dealing with him is very risky."

He cautioned the general public to beware of the dubious sale by his opponent who is determined to sell the house and abscond with the buyer's money. In his words: 

"Beware of being scammed by Mr Friday. This is an important notice. It will be at your own peril if you buy this property. I have been notified that he is going around looking for a buyer at all cost."

He urged whoever comes across this information to circulate it to their family and friends in order keep them alert and safe from being duped. "Please share so your family and friends will not fall victims," he said.