Newspaper distributors rejoice as Vanguard donates eyeglasses

…LG Chairman hails CSR, urges emulation

By Chioma Obinna & Olasunkanmi Akoni

IKEJA — The Chairman of Ikeja Local Government Area, Comrade Akeem Olalekan Dauda (AKOD), has commended Vanguard Media Limited for donating escaped eyeglasses to members of the Newspapers and Magazines Distributors’ Association of Nigeria (NDAN), Ikeja Zone, describing the motion arsenic “laudable and worthy of emulation.”

Dauda, who was Special Guest of Honour astatine the event, said the inaugural reflects existent firm societal work (CSR) and urged different organisations, particularly media houses, to emulate Vanguard.

“This is simply a fantastic and laudable CSR programme,” helium said. “Government unsocial cannot conscionable each the needs of the radical due to the fact that our resources are limited. Partnering with organisations similar Vanguard is indispensable to our developmental docket to scope retired to the masses. This is simply a clarion telephone to different media houses and organisations to springiness backmost to society.”

The organisation of much than 50 eyeglasses connected Tuesday followed Vanguard’s aesculapian outreach past month, wherever hundreds of distributors and residents benefitted from wellness checks, consultations, consciousness sessions, and escaped medicine drugs.

Leaders of the organisation web hailed the workout arsenic unprecedented successful the industry. The President of NDAN, Ikeja Zone, Mr. Shomoni Fatai, expressed delight: “This is marvelous. It has ne'er happened earlier successful our industry. We convey Vanguard and commune different media houses emulate them.”

The Chairman of the Press Union, Newspaper and Social Organization of Nigeria, Ikeja Zone, Mr. Somorin Pachai, explained that the eyeglasses were prescribed based connected tests conducted during the earlier outreach. He added that the Ikeja LG president had pledged to prolong the effort by supporting akin programmes for residents.

For galore beneficiaries, the inaugural was life-changing. Vice Chairman of NDAN, Mr. Prince Eze, said: “In our industry, we indispensable work to amended others. Before, it was hard for maine to work tiny print. Now I tin work adjacent tiny letters. This has boosted my assurance and productivity.”

Vanguard’s Technical Consultant, Mr. Patrick Oduone, said the inaugural had shown the pressing request for affordable oculus attraction beyond the vendor community.

“This is the 2nd clip Vanguard is extending this enactment successful Lagos,” helium said. “We recovered that artisans, residents, and adjacent non-vendors came guardant asking to beryllium included. We had to accommodate them. Going forward, we’ll marque other proviso astatine each workout truthful much radical tin benefit. For many, the escaped glasses are not conscionable aesculapian aids, but tools to amended productivity, reconstruct confidence, and heighten prime of life.”

Beneficiaries, who turned retired successful ample numbers, offered prayers for Vanguard’s continued occurrence and called connected different organisations to follow akin CSR initiatives to enactment paper distributors and their communities.

The station Newspaper distributors rejoice arsenic Vanguard donates eyeglasses appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.