Ishaq Asuku Reassures his Commitment to serve, Empowers Widow

Adavi Constituency House of Assembly aspirant Alh. Ishaq Asuku Ilyas yesterday
doled out cash to a widow mother, Mrs Deborah Audu in Adavi constituency in order to take care of her family.



The aspirant who came across the the widow decided to help out of her poor state of living.

Speaking after giving out the largesse, he decried the plight of widows in the country and called for adequate support for them.

“Societies thrive when the burden on widows are made lighter and the less privileged are assisted in a number of ways to live better lives. No society thrives in an atmosphere where this class of people are continuously ignored or schemed out of welfare calculation,” he said.

According to the aspirant who is vying to represent Adavi constituency come 2019 general election under the platform of the All Progessives Congresses (APC) the condition of widowhood is a bitter pill that no woman ever wants to swallow as he is left to cater for herself and the children after the demise of her husband, apart from being subjected to debasing cultural practice.

Alh Asuku charged widows to take the issue of economic empowerment very seriously, saying that “they must seek to be gainfully employed through a regular paid job or vocational skill that would generate regular income to meet their vital needs.

A stable income gives some guarantee of happiness and preserves the dignity and self-worth of the women We are eternally grateful to his Excellency Alh Yahaya Adoza Bello led new direction administration for his kind and humane disposition towards the people of the state, especially women and children.”

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