Samson Urges FG To Make Policies To Cater To Needs Of Nigerian Citizens, Economy

Cablenews24 reports that the President, De-Zenith Club of Lagos, Zenith Abayomi Samson, gave the advice at the End-Of-Year Party/Annual Convention of the club in Ikeja, Lagos at the weekend.

According to Samson: “If the economy is well taken care of, there will be more room for people to be engaged economically, and rely less on palliatives from the government or from non-governmental organisations.”

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Christabit International Limited, said: “When a person is economically engaged, there will be more dividends, there will be profitability, and people can stand without necessarily living on palliatives. Palliatives cannot be continued, it is just temporary.

“If you give palliatives today, will you continue to give it tomorrow?, he asked.

Samson also advised that the Federal Government should adopt an economic policy that is viable, people-oriented, people-friendly, result-friendly, as well as result-oriented.

While noting that the mission statement of the club, which has its motto as “God Is Our Foundation,” is to leverage the comparative advantages of one another as members of the club and become better individuals, Samson said: “When you become a member of our great club, my strength becomes your strength and your strength becomes my strength. “When we have an assemblage of strengths, we become so powerful and a journey of five years can become a journey of three months.

“For instance, it’s a synergy. We have people from different disciplines in this club – we have lawyers, employers of labour, among others, based in Nigeria, in the United States, in Canada. We leverage these advantages and that is the essence of our forming this club.”

Senate President, De-Zenith Club of Lagos,

Zenith Adebisi Odeyale, who is based in the USA, while proffering solutions to the hardship that Nigerian citizens are going through in the country, said: “I strongly encourage the well-to-do in the society to try and make it a point of duty to help the less-privileged. Try and help just one person with anything as little as N500, it goes a long way.

“The act of giving comes from the heart and if everybody can share that common goal, I promise you that we will have a better society.

“It takes one person at a time. You don’t have to have a whole lot to make an impact. Just a little will go a long way and that is what we try to preach to our members and to people outside.”

On how to improve the club’s source of funding so that more people can benefit from it, Odeyale said: “If we want to rely on the government or agency, firstly, we would probably do nothing. Our funding is from personal and individual purses. We are self-funded, so we intend to continue in that path. “We don’t want to wait until we have bags of money before we do charity work among ourselves. We are all self funded.”

Speaking on how much the club has done in terms of giving to the society in the last one year, he said: “Within the club, we have members who are financially challenged. We ensure that we intervene in various capacities. To give an overview of how much we have been able to support within the last one year, let’s say with some millions of Naira.”

On the qualities that one can possess to become a member of the De-Zenith Club of Lagos, Odeyale said: “Our club is open to people with a good heart. We do not open our doors to just anyone. There are criteria we consider before admitting one as a member, before you can be deemed to be eligible. They include honesty, uprightness, a good character, among other virtues.

“As the Senate President, it’s part of our culture and our duty to ensure that we screen every intending member before they are admitted to the club.”

Highlight of the event was the recognition and presentation of awards to notable members for their outstanding performances in the past Zenith year.