Ajimobi’s wife distributes foodstuff to less-privileged in Oyo

Florence Ajimobi, wife of the Oyo state governor, on Saturday urged women in the state to ensure adequate security and care of their children.

She made this call in Ibadan when she distributed foodstuff to the less-privileged under her pet project, ‘The Ajumose Food Bank’, in seven local government areas of the state.

“Women must train their wards to understand the economic situation being experienced in the country in recent times,” she said.

“As women, I urge you to take proper care of your children by using what you have, especially in this trying period in Nigeria.

“The Ajimobi administration is working on many projects that will eliminate poverty and also provide employment opportunities to the unemployed youths in the state.”

She emphasised the need for women empowerment in the state, saying that it would catalyse social and economic development.

“Women empowerment will strengthen their ability to access and control resources and thereby lift their respective communities out of poverty,” she said.

“The Ajimobi-led administration will harness the role of women in rural communities, as a force to drive out poverty from the state.

“It is our hope that this token that we are giving here today will contribute significantly in mitigating the current economic situation we find ourselves today.”

She noted that food items would be distributed across the 33 LGAs of the state on or before the end of September.

Responding, the wives of the caretaker chairmen in the respective local government areas commended her efforts in empowering women in the state.

Some of the women who benefited from the project commended the governor’s wife for alleviating the plight of the less-privileged in the society.

The governor’s wife visited Ona-Ara, Oluyole, Egbeda, Akinyele, Lagelu, Ido and Eruwa local government areas.

More than 6,000 women drawn from 11 LGAs have benefitted from the food bank since the exercise started in July.