Wife of the Osun State governor, Mrs. Kafayat Oyetola, has said women empowerment is in the priority list of her husband’s administration.
Mrs. Oyetola spoke at an empowerment programme for women sponsored by the Forum of Wives of Council Chairmen (FOWICC) in Osun State.
Food items and other essentials were distributed to 2,000 widows and the aged at the event.
The governor’s wife, who hailed the wives of the council chairmen for the gesture, said the programme was organised to assist women living in poverty.
According to her, the issue of women empowerment and wellbeing in Osun State was a major concern for the state government.
Assuring that the state government would continue to empower those in need, Mrs Oyetola said nobody would be left behind in the various social protection programmes of the current administration.
She urged women to vote en mass for President Muhammadu Buhari and other All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in the forthcoming general elections.
FOWICC Chairperson Mrs. Comfort Abiodun said the distribution of the foodstuffs and other essentials was aimed at alleviating poverty among the aged and widows in the state.
She said widows and the aged in the nine Federal constituencies in the state would benefit from the empowerment programme.
Source: The Nation