Encomium As Charity Organization Donates Food Items, Cash To Widows In Osun

An international charity organization, SW Nigeria wing, Ayodele Agboola Foundation, has doled out food items and cash to 100 of widows in Ila-Orangun, Ila Local Government Area of Osun State.

CityMirrorNews reports that the gesture was part of measures to support vulnerable people in the society.

The event which took place Thursday, May 4, 2023, in Ila-Orangun had the beneficiaries smiled home with relief packages and cash.

Items distributed include rice, beans, gari among others to cater for their domestic needs.

The donor reitrated this altrustic gesture as an onwardly exercise of reaching out to the indigent widows.

Speaking, Founder and Executive Director of the NGO, Mr Ayodele Agboola, said the humanitarian gesture aligns with the foundation’s vision of assisting vulnerable people in a bid to in alleviate their suffering among the people of the state.

He said the foundation had embarked on giving back to the society since three year ago.

“This social security scheme was floated 3 years ago to improve the well-being of widows, the physically challenged, the elderly, students from less privileged homes and other disadvantaged groups. Our goal is to lend a hand of support and rekindle the hope of this set of individuals, irrespective of their gender, religion, political affiliation, and ethnic group,” Agboola noted.

The US-based philanthropist further stated that the group is set to empower young widows by organizing periodic trainings on vocational skills and providing grants to enable them to start small-scale businesses to support their families.

However, beneficiaries of the scheme expressed gratitude to the group for showing concern for their plight.

Mrs. Rachel Ibikunle, who spoke to newsmen on behalf of other widows at the event, said: ”We thank Ayodele Agboola Foundation for this effort. This support has been a lifeline for many widows in the area. May God reward the donor with great blessings. We are sincerely grateful for this direly needed, timely, and consistent aid.”

Rev. Fadun of First Baptist church Ila-Orangun eulogized Ayodele Agboola Foundation on behalf of his congregants.

Rev. Fadun who expressed gratitude to the organizer of the programme said “The act of giving is in line with the commandments of God to all men”*, and he prayed for the success of this Foundation in all front.

In the remark of the Chief Imam of Ila-Orangun, who was represented at the event by one of his aide, said Ayodele has been a worthy son of the soil, with unwavering kindness to all and sundry, he prayed to God, to accept his act of giving as ibadah”*

The Head of caregiver Department of the Ayodele Agboola Foundation, Mr Kola Adeleke, said that the subsequent exercise shall continue to wear a newer look, and this kind gesture shall waxed unabated.

He thanked the beneficiaries for their decorum and orderliness.