AS part of activities marking the 70th birthday of the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, no fewer than 200 business women have benefited from a grant under the initiative of Ilerioluwa Micro Finance Programme.
The women were selected across the 20 wards in Osogbo Local Government Area of Osogbo for the grant which runs to about N10million.
Speaking during the event held at the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Office, Osogbo yesterday, the facilitator of the grant and Executive Director, Marine and Operations, Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA), Engr. Olalekan Badmus extolled the virtues of Oyetola.
He explained the importance of the empowerment, adding that the vision and teaching he got from Oyetola spurred him to facilitate the programme.
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According to him “This initiative is very important to mark the 70th birthday of my leader and mentor, Adegboyega Oyetola who used his financial acumen and foresight to stabilise Osun State’s economy and laid a solid foundation for sustainable development when he was the governor.
“Our leader, Oyetola who is currently the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy is always interested in navigating complex economic challenges, turning them into opportunities for growth and progress. This which we have known him for informed the idea to empower business women using the Ilerioluwa Women Empowerment and Micro Finance Programme initiative to give grant to women in Osogbo Local Government Area.”
He noted that “Women are good managers of resources in ensuring they help their households to get basic needs even before their husbands provide in some cases. This is important to make them to be the help mate that God called them.”
The Secretary of the initiative committee, Lekan Agbaje disclosed that, “we selected women across the 20 wards in Osogbo Local Government Area to benefit from this gesture. This initiative will help to improve their businesses. We have about 200 women who are beneficiaries of this gesture.”