Governor’s Wife Donates Food Items To Widows

The wife of Kwara State governor, Mrs Omolewa Ahmed, recently distributed food items and cash gifts to 500 widows across the 16 local government areas of the state, as Sallah package.

Ahmed, who donated the items through her pet project, LEAH Foundation, in Ilorin, said the gesture was to alleviate the economic hardship caused by the death of their husbands.

She said that because of the financial and psychological trauma being faced by the widows, her foundation deemed it fit to reach out to them during this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration.

“Widows are part of the society and where they have found themselves is not by their making.

“They are psychologically affected by their situation and that is why the administration deems it fit to reach out to them during this year’s Eld-el-Kabir celebration.’’

She, therefore, urged the beneficiaries to continue to pray for peace in the state, which she described as “a state of harmony’’.

“We want this harmony and love to continue in Kwara.”

Ahmed also distributed drugs and infant formulas to motherless babies and malnourished infants.

The coordinator of widows’ associations in Ilorin, Mrs Iyabode Ayodele,  who spoke on behalf of other widows, commended the first lady’s gesture, saying, “we are happy with this kind of gesture’’.

She expressed appreciation for what she described as “considerable efforts’’ by the state toward widows and the less privileged in the society.