Over 100 widows in Ibadan the Oyo state capital benefited from Olooye ADEGBOYEGA ADEGOKE’s annual charity support during the Ileya Get-together empowerment programme organized by the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State BCOS on Sunday.
The event which was in Collaboration with OLOOYE ADEGOKE’S charity project saw the widows in their pink native outfits receive cash gifts with cooked and raw food items.
Speaking at the event, OLOOYE ADEGOKE, the Aare Egbé Omo Balogun of Ibadan land said the financial support was to put smiles on the faces of the women and to support their small-scale businesses.
Earlier in his address, chairman of the event, former President General Central Council of Ibadan Indigens (CCII) Chief BAYO OYERO advised the widows to make good use of the financial support, while charging them to invest in their children’s academics so they can be useful to them in future.
In his lecture titled: Plight of Widows in Nigeria, Sheik HABEEBLAHI BUHARI, admonished the widows to be more industrious, prayerful and avoid greediness.
Some of the beneficiaries shared their joy with Solutions FM’s correspondent.
The event had in attendance, some traditional chiefs in Ibadan land, Chairman BCOS Mrs DOTUN OLAITAN, Chief Mrs YETUNDE ADEGOKE the Oota Iyalode of Ibadan Land and Management staff of Solutions 93.9fm Ibadan led by the Chief Operating Officer C.O.O, Mrs FUNMILOLA CHIMA.
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