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.

Ibrahim Oniye     Kunle Okeowo     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Farouk Salim     Idris Amosa Saidu     Henry Makinwa     Muhammad Yahya     Prince Bola Ajibola     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Post Utme     Bashir Badawi     Yunus Oniboki     Sam Onile     Gani Saadu     Akanji     Nigeria Customs Service     Tsaragi-Share     Okanlawon Taiwo     Bashiru Makama     Oloyede     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Fatimat Saliu     Kolawole Akande     Hassan Oyeleke     Lafiagi     Bello Oyebanji     KWSIEC     Kwara Consultative Forum     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Deji Ajani     Laboratory-to-Product     Femi Ogunsola     Shehu Salau     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     John Olajide Adedipe     Omu Aran     Kulende     Zara Umar     Ekweremadu     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Ileloke     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Olushola Saraki     George Innih     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Makama Of Kaiama     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Kayode Ogunlowo     Moses Rahman Popoola     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Bilikisu Gambari     Kolo     Ahman Pategi University     Oba Of Jebba     Arca Santa     Oyelere Oyinloye     Saheed Popoola     Simeon Sayomi     Oko-Erin     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Ayinde Oki     Ishola Abdullahi     CCB     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Bibire Ajape     National Pilot     Abraysports FC     Yakub Lai Gobir     Abioye Bello     Hijaab     Ibrahim Abiodun     MMWG     Orire     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Bisi Kristien     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Radio Kwara     Idofin     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Sango-UITH Road     Folorunsho Erubu     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Bukola Saraki     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Eghe Igbinehin     Emir Of Lafiagi     Kwarareports.com     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Anilelerin     Isau     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Lithium     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Kola Bukoye     BIR     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     CT Ayeni     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Jide Ashonibare     Saad Omo\'ya     Taofik Abdulkareem     Sayomi     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Twitter     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Lola Olabayo     SUBEB     SWAN     Agboola Babatunde     Osi     Dele Momodu     Folaranmi Aro     Charles Ibitoye     Oloye     Tunji Olawuyi     2017 Budget     Afonja     Aminat Ahmed     Ashiru     Taofeek Ibraheem     Olatunji Ibrahim     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     NURTW     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Sanitation Exercise     Bankole Omishore     Sabi     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Ilorin Airport     Umar Ayinla Saro     Share-Tsaragi     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Emir Of Ilorin     Abdulazeez Uthman     UNIFEMGA     Baaziki Sulaiman     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     NSCIA     Ijakadi     Abdulkarim Adisa     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Baba Issa