Npower News: Group Begs President Bola Ahmed Tinubu To Appoint Halimat Tejuosho As Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation

The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, (CSOs), has begged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to appoint Halimat Tejuosho, as Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

Speaking on behalf of hundred coalition groups at a meeting in Kaduna, recently, Comrade Aliyu Sani maintained that the aim of organising the press conference was to join other groups and individuals to drum support for Halimat Tejuosho to be considered Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

“Today, we join People Living With Disabilities, PLWDs, across the 36 states and the FCT, as well as All Progressives Congress, APC, Person Living With Disability (PLWD) leaders in the 36 states and other stakeholders including senators, APC stalwarts, National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, credible and objective observers and youth parliaments across the country who have been agitating and consulting widely for the appointment of this seasoned personality.

“As a selfless patriot who has been using her personal resources to bring succour to senior citizens, PLWDs and the less privileged through her well thought out Queen Adenike Tejuosho Foundation, QATFoundation, giving her a position of responsibility in line with her passion and interest will energize her to do more for the downtrodden.

“As a mark of true philanthropy, she recently celebrated Children’s Day with vulnerable and indigent children where over 500 school books, bags, shoes, water bottles, foodstuffs and writing materials were shared.

“Her Ramadan largesse to over 1,000 Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWDs), as well as Sallah packages to hundreds of households who could not afford to celebrate the festivities cannot be forgotten”, Comrade Aliyu Sani said.

Judging by individual sacrifices and the sheer passion to touch lives, the The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, (CSOs) appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to promptly consider filling the vacuum created by the suspension of Betta Edu by appointing Halimat Tejuosho as the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to enable Nigerians and beneficiaries of Npower, enjoy the dividends of democracy in line with the ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda, especially in the area of poverty alleviation.

“It goes without saying that since the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation has been without a minister, government is failing in providing basic succour to the less privileged.

“From her antecedents and if given the opportunity, she will continue to extend her generosity and passion to turnaround the fortunes of the less privileged and downtrodden in Nigeria”, the statement noted.

On the argument that Halimat Tejuosho is not from the South-South region where the former minister hailed from, the coalition stated that her maternal home is Delta State which makes her a full-blooded South-South person even though her father is from Lagos State.

“We do not want to trivialise the issue of origin and region as competence and merit should trump issues of origin and other differences that only serve to divide rather than unite us.

“It is, therefore, our earnest appeal to Mr President to consider appointing this noble, hardworking and dedicated humanitarian and party stalwart as minister”, Comrade Aliyu Sani said.

The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, (CSOs), reaffirmed the support and efforts made by the Persons Living With Disability (PLWD) community in Nigeria who worked for the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and begged him to grant their only wish.

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