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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has lend a supportive hand to a not \u2013 for \u2013 profit organisation \u2013 Oko Opo Foundation, in furtherance of the foundation\u2019s commitment to lifting the widows, children and downtrodden members of society.<\/p>\n
The support came by way of donation of 30 bags of 50 kg rice to the charity organisation at its corporate office, Laderin ,Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, as it again planned to lift widows and less privileged, especially during this Holy month of Ramadan, a season characterized by fasting and prayers by muslim faithfuls.<\/p>\n
It be recalled that the foundation had in a similar situation on December 26, 2024, lifted over 150 widows from a dozen of Ogun communities with cash, food items and medications for those having ailments to make the last yuletide a memorable one for them.<\/p>\n
The rice donation by the Nigeria Customs was a fulfillment of the pledge by the agency last month during a peace parley between the promoter of Ok\u00f3 Op\u00f3 Foundation, Ambassador (Dr) Babatunde Adeyemo, to support the foundation\u2019s agenda for the widows in recognition of his magnanimity towards a trigger-happy NCS operative, who recently shot at his vehicle.<\/p>\n
Adeyemo, a UN(POLAC) Ambassador, real estate entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer of Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited had during the peace engagement meeting with the seniior Customs officials whole heartedly forgave the erring officer and declined compensation as earlier filled by his legal counsel. He asked the erring operative \u201cto go and sin no more,\u201d even as he also pleaded with the NCS and its leadership to give the officer a \u201csecond chance\u201d and \u201cnot relieve him of his job\u201d over the alleged professional misconduct.<\/p>\n
Delivering the bags of rice on Wednesday, the NCS represented by Mr Olabode Akinola (Assistant Customs Comptroller), Mr Ismaheel Alarape (NCS Superintendent Officer) and Mr Kaffu Samuel (Deputy Superintendent Customs, Lagos said the donation is in furtherance of the Nigerian Customs Service mantra of supporting notable, not for profit organisation, in a bid to alleviate the suffering of the have not in the society, in line with the renewed hope agenda of the present administration.<\/p>\n
The Customs leadership however reaffirmed it unflinching support to the Oko Opo widows Foundation and also to all well meaning, not for profit and Humanitarian organisations with a clear vision and purpose.<\/p>\n
Responding, the Chief Promoter, OkoOpo widows Foundation, Dr. Babatunde Adeyemo said, the donation from the Nigerian Customs service to the Foundation is another victory to the widows in Nigeria, the Anti Curruption Ambassador said, that the donated commodity will be shared to the last grains with an additional token for the widows, to celebrate the exit of the holly month\u00a0of\u00a0Ramadan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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