Selected widows operating small-scale businesses in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State have received grants to support their businesses from a former member of the State House of Assembly, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye.
The beneficiaries received the grant ranging from N30,000 to N50,000 at an event held in Ibokun on Tuesday to commemorate Oyintiloye’s birthday.
Speaking at the event, Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, described the gesture as part of efforts to reinforce the initiative championed by the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, to encourage women’s participation in small-scale businesses.
He explained that the intervention aimed to promote the dignity of labour and support women in starting small enterprises or expanding existing ones.
He berated those faulting Oluremi Tinubu’s advocacy for small-scale ventures, saying those that opposed the First Lady’s ideas were ignorant of the values inherent in honest work.
He maintained that economic growth
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