Mrs Bolanle Ambode, the wife of the Lagos state governor has said that a society that fails to cater for widows is likely not to thrive. The governor’s wife said these women must be put into consideration in the calculation of welfare scheme.
Mrs. Ambode, who spoke at the Banquet Hall, Lagos House in Ikeja during an empowerment programme for widows, mothers with multiple births and medical support for the less privileged, said societies can only thrive when the burden on widows are made lighter and the less privileged are assisted in a number of ways to live better lives.
The programme was put together by Mrs Ambode in conjunction with Hope for Women Foundation which is a non-governmental organization. She stressed that the condition of widowhood is a tragedy that no woman wants to go through but that in such situation, both the government and members of the society must make the welfare of such people a concern, and work towards alleviating their plight.
“We also have women, who in their quest to fulfill their marital role of procreation and motherhood, were blessed with multiple babies in a single birth.
This, in most cases, is more than their moderate expectation of one baby or maximum of two and what is supposed to be a blessing now becomes a concern for the family,” Mrs. Ambode said.
She urged widows to also be gainfully employed and that they must take the issue of economic empowerment seriously either by taking up a regular paid job or engaging in vocational skills that would generate regular income to meet their vital needs.
She assured them that the state government, through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation would be available to assist widows and less privileged in that direction, and urged them to take advantage of the many vocational training centres of the ministry located across the state
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