By Seyifunmi Olarinde
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has presented two hundred thousand naira cash each to 250 Elders in Oyo State under her Renewed Hope Initiative Elderly Support Scheme.
During the second edition of the programme held at the Oyo State Government’s House in Ibadan, Senator Tinubu noted that the welfare programme would support the elders and the vulnerable in Society.
Represented by the wife of the Oyo State governor, Mrs Tamunominini Makinde, she called on the elderly to maintain a healthy lifestyle and always ensure that they get adequate rest and commended the medical personnel who were attending to the elders.
The First Lady identified the lack of good research, documentation and a database as a bane of seeking qualitative health services.
Senator Tinubu explained that the grant had been increased from what was given last year which was 100,000 thousand naira, considering the economic situation and to support the elders during this festive period
Oyo State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Mrs Toyin Balogun advised the beneficiaries to invest the money judiciously by considering investing in some medium-scale businesses.
Some of the elders, The newsletter Editor of the National Council for Women Society, Dr Lanre Sanya, and Mrs Alice Babatunde thanked the first lady for the gesture.
The highlight of the programme was the attending elders’ visit to the medical personnel on the ground at the event for various medical check-ups which included, blood sugar, high blood pressure, and malaria among others.
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