Traditional ruler distributes working tools to empower youths

Date: 2020-11-30

Oba Yakubu Buari, the Olomu of Omupo in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara, distributed sewing machines, deep freezers, bricklaying equipment and welding machines to some youths in the community on Sunday to empower them.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the initiative is part of activities to mark this year's Igba traditional festival in the ancient town.

Addressing his subjects and other well-wishers at the occasion, Oba Buari said the initiative was a collaborative effort of prominent members of the community to provide employment for the youths as a way of reducing poverty.

The Olomu warned beneficiaries not to sell the tools given to them, but to use same to generate sustainable income and to better their lives.

In his remarks, Dr Steve Olarinoye, Chairman of the youth wing of Omupo Descendant Union, admonished youths of the community to be law-abiding and shun any act that could tarnish their names or those of their families.

Another community leader, Dr Monisoye Afolabi said at the occasion that the festival had a long history and was packaged annually in remembrance of the community's ancestors.

He debunked claims in some quarters that the festival had fetish undertones and explained that its celebration did not go against the grain of any religion.

Afolabi recalled that the early settlers in the community migrated from Ile-Ife in Osun State centuries back to found the Omupo community.

NAN

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Modibbo Kawu     Garba Idris Ajia     MalHub     Local Government Pension Board     Oluranti Idowu     Saad Omo Iya     Alikinla     Bolakale Ayo     Kayode Bankole     Musa Abdullahi     Dankaka     HYPPADEC     Ajeigbe     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Ibrahim Abikan     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Mohammed Abdulahi     Yemi Osinbajo     Bello Abubakar     Ajuloopin     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Al-Hikmah Radio     Mamatu Abdullahi     Kayode Alabi     Oke-Ode     Obuh     Afonja     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Ekweremadu     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Odolaye Aremu     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Presidential Election     Salihu Yahaya     Abraham Ojo     Saheed Alakoso     Sarakite     Facemasks     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Ibrahim Mohammed     HICA     Rasaq Jimoh     Patigi Regatta     Iyiola Oyedepo     NSCIA     Danladi     David Adesina     Dasuki Belgore     Saduki Lafiagi     CACOVID Palliatives     Taiwo Joseph     Bukola Saraki     TVC Female National Debate     Abdulrauf Aliyu     National Party Of Nigeria     A.O. Belgore     Olatinwo     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Sunday Popo-Ola     Roseline Oni Aremu     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     SUBEB     PPS     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Niyi Ogundiran     Idris Garuba     Rotimi Oyedepo     Temitope Ogunbanke     Bayer AG     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Democracy Day     New Naira Notes     Shaaba Lafiagi     BECE     Lucky Omoluwa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

College Of Education     Salihu Ajia     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Baba Idris     Valsolar Consortium     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Bolakale Saka     Sanitation Exercise     Toyosi Thomas     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Ben Duntoye     Garment Factory     Olokoba Sulyman     Tuesday Assayomo     Olugbense     Ashiru     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Aremu Bose Deborah     Kayode Ibrahim     Igosun     Sarakite     Abdullahi Samari     Baba Issa     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Saidu Kawu     Gambari     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Kubra Kazum     Ibrahim Labaika     Alore     Saka Aleshinloye     Ghali Muhammed     Oloyede     IDPU     Taofeeq Olateju     Oba-Solagberu     Waheed Ibrahim     Bureau Of Lands     Amos Justus Sayo     Offa Grammer School     Ayobami Seriki     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Abdulrauf Yusuf     CACOVID     KWSIEC     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Kwabes     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Yekini Adio     Bisi Oyeleke     Kwara State University Of Education     Iyaloja-General     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Kale Ayo     Ilorin International Airport     Abubakar B.M     Malete     Durbar Festival     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Kassim Babamale     Seed Technologies     Gbugbu International Market     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Omotoso     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Olupako     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Just Law Forum     Buari Edun     Mohammed Haruna