Helpline Foundation, in collaboration with RTA Foundation, has distributed the sum of twenty thousand naira cash each to over 20 market women in Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi state.
Coordinated by Hajiya Rekiyat Ahuoiza Fache, the distribution was flagged off at Ebira Community Secondary School in Nagazi axis of the local government on Saturday.
According to Hajia Rekiyat, it is a non-profit revolving loan scheme sponsored by Helpline and FTA Foundations to provide start-up capital for the needy and vulnerable women so as to ultimately promote their businesses.
Hajiya Rekiyat admonished beneficiaries should make judicious use of the money for the purpose which it was meant for.
While praying for its profitability, she urged them not to use the money for luxury things that will not benefit them.
Responding, the representatives and cluster leaders of Okunchi and Idanuwha communities, Mrs Bose Isah and Madam Musili Obobauja, thanked the sponsors of the scheme, Dr. Jumai Ahmadu and Dr. Ramatu Tijani Aliyu, for the gesture and promised to make judicious use of the loan, whilst assuring that their team will never disappoint the foundations.
Highlight of the programme was a courtesy visit to the palace of His Royal Majesty, Dr. Ado Ibrahim, CON, the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, who prayed for continued elevation of Dr. Jumai Ahmadu and Dr. Ramatu Tijani Aliyu for the kind gesture.
