Emeka Offor Urges Prayers For Tinubu’s Re-Election, Distributes Rice To 3,000 Widows
Sir Emeka Offor, a billionaire businessman and Philanthropist has called on Nigerians especially women to pray for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Offor made the call when he inaugurated the distribution of 6,000 bags of rice to no fewer than 3,000 widows in Oraifite Community, Ekwusigo Local Government Area on Sunday.
The donation was made through the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF) founded by the Chairman of Chrome Group.
Offor said the gesture was the Foundation’s modest contribution towards supporting widows and ensuring that they could share in the joy and spirit of Afiolu Festival.
He said humanitarian intervention was about people, recognising their vulnerability, responding where necessary and restoring dignity and hope to those who needed it.
“Afiolu is more than a festival. It is a celebration of our heritage, culture and the bonds that unite us as a people.
“I call on all the women here to continue to pray for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that God should give him victory and use him to make Nigeria better.
“May God continue to bless our people, our communities, Anambra State, the federal Republic of Nigeria and the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation to touch more lives,” he said.
women of Oraifite Community in a solidarity dance at the event
In his address, Chief Tony Obi, Coordinator of the Foundation said the rice distribution was a quarterly programme where every widow in the community received a bag of rice each.
Obi said the Easter edition did not hold and to make up for that, each of the 3,000 beneficiaries would go home with two 50kg bags of rice.
He urged the widows and people of the community to continue to pray for Offor while assuring that the Foundation would continue to the needs of the poor through his assistance.
Also speaking, Chief Vin Dike, the President General of Oraifite Community said Offor had used his God given wealth to uplift lives and develop communities.
Dike said Offor have intervened in the development of Oraifite in the area of road infrastructure, scholarship
housing, healthcare and medical assistance as well as general welfare of Oraifite.
Mrs Ogechi Izuka, Coordinator of the Women who spoke on their behalf appreciated Offor for his philanthropy and for being a strong pillar for them over the years.
She said Offor they received clothing, free healthcare and free houses under the Touch a Life Scheme
In her remark, Mrs Esther Onyekesi, the Commissioner for Women Affairs said her widowhood issues constituted a large chunk of cases handled by her ministry.
