The Director-General of the Kogi State Social Investment Programme Agency (KOSSIPA) and Founder of the My People First Foundation (MPFF), Hajiya Aishat Oyiza Omade, has distributed 500 mattresses to widows and elderly persons across Kogi State in fulfilment of a recent humanitarian pledge.
The distribution follows a commitment Hajiya Omade made a few weeks ago during an All Progressives Congress (APC) ward meeting in Obeiba, her hometown in Ihima, Okehi Local Government Area, where she vowed to provide bedding support to vulnerable residents to improve their welfare and living conditions.
Explaining the motivation behind the intervention, Hajiya Omade noted that the gesture was inspired by a personal visit to some elderly women in her community, where she discovered that several aged residents who could no longer afford basic household items were sleeping directly on bare floors.
According to the KOSSIPA Director-General, the encounter deeply moved her and reinforced her determination to bring immediate relief to senior citizens and widows who deserve comfort, dignity, and improved living standards in their later years. She stressed that the outreach went beyond mere material distribution, serving instead to restore human dignity and demonstrate genuine care for groups often overlooked in society.
The exercise aligns with Hajiya Omade’s sustained philanthropic work through the My People First Foundation, a non-governmental organisation focused on community empowerment, humanitarian relief, and life-saving interventions. Prior to the Kogi outreach, the foundation extended similar support beyond the state by donating 50 mattresses to an orphanage in the Makoko community of Yaba, Lagos State, to aid children living in vulnerable conditions.
Community observers and beneficiaries have hailed the swift fulfilment of the Obeiba pledge as a model of responsive, people-centred leadership that prioritises the everyday needs of widows, the elderly, orphans, and disadvantaged households. For Hajiya Omade, the milestone underscores her conviction that true public service must transcend official duties to deliver practical compassion and tangible hope to ordinary citizens.
