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Youth Minister Empowers Artisans With Cash And Tailoring Equipment’s
In his continued efforts to eradicate poverty and improve the living standards of the people of Oyo State, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare on Friday empowered over 20 Oyo State Indigenes with cash and Tailoring equipment.
The cash and equipment were handed over to the beneficiaries at the Minister’s office in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.
Dare who was represented by his wife, Chief (Mrs.) Kemi Dare explained that the Minister is determined to improve people’s lives through job creation.
She enjoined the beneficiaries to make good use of the cash and the tailoring equipment properly.
Speaking at the event, Media Aide to the Minister Mr. Kola Daniel stated that the gesture is in line with the Minister’s continued charity work of over 2 decades which predates his foray into politics with thousands of beneficiaries across Nigeria.
He further stated that the Minister’s gesture was a fulfillment of his personal vow to God to always give back to the society by touching the lives of the downtrodden.
Minister urged to the beneficiaries to make good use of the cash and equipment.
Also speaking at the event, Olori Nike Olugbodi said the Minister as a son of the soil believes in teaching people how to fish instead of always giving them fish. She urged them to use the cash and the equipment for the purpose they are meant.
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Musawa Seeks Broader Significance for June 12
Joel Ajayi
The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Esq., says June 12 must be remembered as a sacrifice that gave Nigerians democracy, beyond its status as a public holiday.
In a statement signed on Saturday by the Senior Assistant Media & Publicity to the Honourable Minister,Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy Dr Nneka Ikem Anibeze Ph.D in Abuja.
Musawa stated this at the national premiere of “MKO”, a film on Chief Moshood Abiola, held at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, Lagos, to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary.
She said 33 years after June 12, 1993, many young Nigerians know it only as a holiday, but the film turns it back into memory.
“For too many young Nigerians, June 12 is simply a public holiday. This film tells them that our democracy did not arrive by chance. It was fought for. It was defended. It was paid for. This documentary is in honour of the heroes of June 12, the men and women who gave their lives for the mandate of June 12, 1993 and for the democracy Nigeria enjoys today,” the Minister said.
Musawa hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Host, for his participation in the June 12 struggle and paying the price in exile, adding that Nigeria’s creative industry will keep telling the story of its democracy with courage.
“Through film and the creative economy, Nigeria will preserve its history. A nation that forgets its past loses its way to the future. Nigeria has a story and our story deserves to be told,” she said.
Earlier, the director of the investigative documentary, Ose Oyamendan, said the film was in honour and memory of heroes who fought for Nigeria’s democracy.
“There was Hope ’93 and now there is Renewed Hope. There was a man who sacrificed his life so we may have democracy and there is a man who almost lost his life fighting for democracy who is now helping build a lasting democracy.
“There was a great man called Bashorun MKO Abiola and there is now another great man called Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Democrats. Nationalists. Nation builders. Leaders of men and women. We must never forget our story. We must always honour and remember our heroes,” Oyamendan said.
Top government officials including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the wife of the President Senator Oluremi Tinubu; Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Chief of Staff to the President Rt. Femi Gbajabiamila, state Governors, members of the National Assembly, Ministers and other distinguished dignitaries attended the premiere.
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