Foundation empowers 150 women with N10.5m in Kwara

Date: 2019-11-26

No fewer than 150 women, on Monday in Ilorin, benefited from the N10.5 million empowerment fund by the Saliu Mustapha Foundation.

The Nigeria News Agency reports that the beneficiaries were selected from across all the 16 local government areas of the state.

NAN also reports that the Mustapha, the Founder of the Foundation, is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and governorship aspirant of the party in the 2019 election.

Speaking with newsmen shortly after disbursing the fund, the Director-General of the Foundation, Mr Shuaib Ambali, said that the programme was the fifth of its kind, which was aimed at reducing the rate of poverty among the downtrodden.

Ambali clarified that the scheme, which was devoid of political consideration, was a way of giving back to the society.

He said that the beneficiaries were selected based on the feasibility studies carried out at by the foundation.

The director-general said that the benefactor was concerned about the rising cases of poverty among the less-privileged, hence the regular empowerment programme.

He expressed optimism that the programme would continue to be on regular basis in the overall interest of the beneficiaries.

Earlier in his pep talk at the event, Dr Ibrahim Jawondo, Director, Centre for Ilorin Studies at the University of Ilorin, stressed the need for government to prioritise empowerment in order to tackle poverty in the country.

This, he said, could translate into development and growth for some individuals, who, in future, could handle governance in a proper way.

The don said those empowered would, in turn, assist government in the provision of infrastructure for the comfort of the generality of the people.

NAN reports that each of the beneficiaries went home with N70,000 cash.

NAN also reports that a similar empowerment programme was carried out in 2018, where 100 women benefited from a N10 million fund.

(NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

NAWOJ     Ayodele Shittu     Owode Market     Ayobami Seriki     JAAC     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Kwara Metro Park     Saka Balikis Kehinde     SSA Youth Engagement     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Kwara South     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Baba Issa     Kunle Akogun     Muslim Cementary     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Olusegun Adeniyi     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Sebastine Obasi     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Buari Edun     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Falokun-Oja     Lithium Deposit     MMWG     Adanla-Irese     Cornelius Adebayo     LABTOP     Kabir Shagaya     Aro Yahaya     AGF Abdulrazaq     Patience Jonathan     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Al-Adaby     Lanre Olosunde     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Bayo Ojo     Ilorin Innovation Hub     TESCOM     Kunbi Titiloye     Babs Iwarere     Toyin Abdullahi     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Musa Aibinu     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Shade Omoniyi     Abdulazeez Uthman     Ibrahim Labaika     Tafida Of Ilorin     Bashiru Makama     Iyeru Grammar School     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Christopher Ayeni     Kwara 2019     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Apaola     Isiaka Danmeromu     Oloye     Abatemi Usman     Nnazua     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Maryam Nurudeen     Elese Of Igbaja     Valsolar Consultoria     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Garment Factory     Abdulrosheed Okiki    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ishola Balogun Fulani     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Idris Garba     CACOVID     Nigerian Correctional Service     Afonja     Siraj Oyewale     Tunde Akanbi     Fatai Olodo     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Abdulwaheed Musa     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Temitope Ogunbanke     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     NaAllah     Abdulmajeed Wahab     KWTV     KWSUED     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     KWATMA     JAAC     Kazeem Gbolagade     Saeedat Aliyu     Zulu Gambari     Onikijipa     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Deji Ajani     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Lukman Adeloyin     Usman Yunusa     Opobiyi     Kolade Solagberu     Baba-Isale     Arinola Lawal     First Lady     Kwara Basketball Association     Bisi Oyeleke     Lafiagi     MMWG     Salihu S. Yaru     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Demola Banu     Funke Adedoyin     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Yakubu Shaaba     Jimoh Akani     Kwara Metro Park     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Femi Oladiji     Gwanara     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Mumeen Lah     Kwara State Governor     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Kwara Restoration Project     Niyi Osundare     KwaraLearn     Oluwole Dupe     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Yusuf Arowosaye     Sadiq Umar     Sun Qing Rong     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Just Event Online     FERMA     Olaoye B. Felix     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     David Adesina     Mohammed Halidu     Erubu Oba Zubair     Gurei