By Adedotun Ajayi

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Ondo State Council for Islamic Affairs (ODSCIA) in conjunction with the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN) have distributed MESH Ramadan food support package to 100 less privileged across the  state.

Speaking at the official distribution in Akure, the State Chairman of the State Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Abibullahi Akinpelumi who was represented by his Vice Chairman 2, Alhaji Waidi Fadola said the distribution was done simultaneously in the three senatorial districts of the state.

From the 100 packages released to the State, Akinpelumi said 40 were distributed within the Central Senatorial district, while 30 each were distributed within the Northern and Southern Senatorial districts respectively.

Akinpelumi stated that each of the packages contains food items like rice, beans, Garri, palm oil, groundnut oil, semovita, packet of cube sugar, salt and maggi worth about N20,000.

According to him, the MESH i.e Education, Social and Health Mission,  donated the food items to support the most vulnerable ones to enable them have a sense of belonging during the Ramadan season.

 He, however, thanked MESH through the Secretary General of the NSCIA, Professor Ishaq Oloyede and prayed for him and other members of the organisation while he solicited for more packages in the nearest future.

The State Amirah of FOMWAN, Alhaja Medinat Omikunle in a brief chat with journalists, said FOMWAN only collaborated with the ODSCIA to ensure that the packages were well distributed to those they were meant for, stressing that the programme was not FOMWAN’s programme “but we’re directed to implement the initiative of the donor.”

Earlier, in a welcome address, the state Secretary of ODSCIA, Alhaji Nasirullahi Atere said the distribution was done at the three senatorial districts due to the security and transportation challenges within the country where Ondo state is not an exception .

The Northern Senatorial district distribution was supervised by the ODSCIA Vice Chairman 1, Alhaji Azeez Momoh and the Council Treasurer, while the southern senatorial districts was supervised by the Chairman ODSCIA, Alhaji Muhammad Abibullahi Akinpelumi and the immediate past FOMWAN AMIRAH Alhaja Aminat Abibullahi

Beneficiaries across the senatorial districts appreciated the kind gesture, praying that God multiplies and crowns every of the efforts of the donor towards impacting meaningfully on the lives of the less- privileged.

Present at the occasion are the FOMWAN Chairman of Community Development and Humanitarian Committee, Alhaja Rafat Momoh, Chairman of Akure committee for Islamic Affairs, Alfa AbdulRasaq Omodara, Chairman CIA Ifedore Alhaji Saka Abdulrauf , state Welfare officer, Alhaja Sidikat Omolere, among many others.