In efforts to ease the burden of current economic hardship, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ado-Ekiti Branch on Saturday, provided members with a 50% subsidy on cooking gas.
The initiative dubbed the “Lawyers Gas Station’’ operated between 10am and 12 noon at Abound Gas station in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital attracted members who came in large numbers to refill their cooking gas cylinder.
The discounts provided significant relief to the lawyers, with a kilogram of the LPG worth N1,300 sold for N650, thereby allowing them to allocate their resources on other necessities.
Speaking to journalists, the NBA branch chairman, Taiwo Omidoyin said that the initiative was conceived to address the effects of current harsh economic climate in the country.
Omidoyin said that the initiative would go a long way to help relieve financial burden on members in the face of the rising cost of living.
He explained that cooking gas was sold to financial members at 50% discount of the general market price with a limit of LPG a member can buy was 12.5kg.
He said: “The leadership of the Branch is not unaware of the skyrocketing price of cooking gas and the general high cost of living in the country.
“There is the dire need for the leadership of the Association to periodically come up with palliative measures to cushion the current harsh economic atmosphere in the country.