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.

Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Shade Omoniyi     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Kayode Ogunlowo     Agboola Abdulraheem     TESCOM     Oloje     Bibire Ajape     Oke-Ode     Afonja     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Owo Arugbo     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Baakini     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Wahab Issa     RTEAN     Dankaka     Vasolar Consortium     Shagari     April 11     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Laolu Saraki     Mufutau Olatinwo     Ilofa     Emmanuel Bello     Olokoba Sulyman     Oluranti Idowu     Falokun-Oja     Crystal Corner Shops     CACOVID Palliatives     Egbewole     Arca Santa     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Ramadan     Lanwa     Lola Ashiru     Universal Basic Education Commission     Makama Of Kaiama     SGBN     United Nigeria Airline     Sheriff Shagaya     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Haliru Dantoro     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Oba Of Jebba     Aliyu Salihu     Mumeen Lah     Valsolar Consultoria     Ibrahim Mashood     Rapheal Ashaolu     Yekeen Alabi     Abatemi Usman     Oke-Odo     Kanu Agabi     Millennium Development Goals     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Olatomiwa Williams     Police Commissioner     Moses Adekanye     Cornelius Fawenu     Durbar     Alore     Ladi Hassan     Eghe Igbinehi     11th Galadima     Ubandoma     NFAI     MAI Akande     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulrasheed Akogun     Saliu Alamoyo     NURTW     Bolaji Gambari     Aminu Ado Bayero     Guber Aspirant     Yunus Lawal     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     COVID     Anilelerin     Sadiq Buhari     KWACOBPA     Abubakar Atiku     Goodluck Jonathan     Yekini Adio     Odolaye Aremu     Agor Market     Yahaya Dumoye     Forgo Battery     Wahab Abayawo     Council Of The Wise     Oke-Ode     TESCOM 2025     Michael Nzwekwe     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Oloye     Balogun Gambari     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Baaziki Sulaiman     Olabode George Towoju     ENetSuD     Apaokagi     Saheed Alakoso     International Vocational Centre     Shaaba Lafiagi     Share/Tsaragi     Kwara South     Abubakar Aliagan     Abioye Bello     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Tunji Ajanaku     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Shao     KWIRS     Ilorin Curfew     GANZY     Hakeem Idris     Talaka Parapo     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     11th Galadima     Usman Rifun     NNPP     Afeyin-Olukuta     Nurudeen Muhammed     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Ballah     Moshood Mustapha     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Quarry Royal Valley     Garba Ado Sanni     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     LAK Jimoh     Oke-Ogun     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Laduba     Young Progressives Party     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Elerinjare     CCT     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Ibrahim Labaika     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Ayodele Shittu