Omisore: Weeping For The Poor
In his characteristics and warmheartedness, former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore (Phd) FNSE, CON, has demonstrated his kindness and love to humanity by lifting retirees, pensioners and widows in Osun State on 31st December 2017.
Senator Iyiola Omisore at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Secretariat, at Ogo Oluwa, Gbongan-Osogbo Road, Oshogbo celebrated the end of the year’s get together with this group of hapless indigenes of Osun by distributing clothing materials and food items to them.
Omisore condemned a situation where someone would have worked actively for the government for over 35 years and be neglected after retirement by a ‘callous government’ who refused to pay them their retirement benefits for over 12 months. He enumerated that the main reason for providing this succour is to wipe away their tears during the yuletide festive season. “It is our responsibility to bring joy to the less privileged and make them realise that their cry could still be heard in the state by people like us”..
Senator Omisore in his speech emphasised on the importance of giving, adding that giving to the needy should not be the job of the rich alone but a task for everyone who has the means in the society.
He informed the people that his foundation has been giving to the needy for over 15 years and that he belonged to other global philanthropic organisations that give to the poor around the world. “Such institution includes the “I Will Give” programme which was initiated to help your neighbour in any way you can. I WILL GIVE is an innovative platform to expand domestic financing from organised philanthropy, community giving and corporate social responsibility. If I could join such organisations to help people in other communities across West Africa, why should I not bring such help to my own people?”, Omisore explained.
He revealed that his yearly giving programme at Obafemi Awolowo Teaching Hospital Complex, (OAUTHC) marks 15 years this year. He used the initiative to bring joy to the hearts of the patients on January 1st every year, in order to wipe away their tears and give them hope.
Speaking further, Omisore announced that the idea of giving to the pensioners, retirees, and widows in the State would become a weekly or monthly program. He implored other guests at the occasion to also give to widows and the needy in their communities, towns, or wards. He prayed that next year’s programme would be done at the government’s house where it would be like a home for everyone.
The Chairman PDP Caretaker Committee and former member of the House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Hon. Ismaila Kolawole who was at the event to support Senator Omisore declared that the occasion was to bring joy to the heart of the retirees, pensioners, and widowed who have been rendered powerless in the society making them realise that they still have a place in the society. He emphasised on the necessity of showing love to people and assured them of a better life in 2018.
Another guest at the event, Engr, Alhj Ishola Awotorebo, a former Minister for Water Resources, commended Senator Iyiola Omisore for his good work, and prayed that God will always uplift him. He condemned the APC’s administration in the state that has caused a lot of damage to the masses including the less privileged in the society. Awotorebo enumerated various failures of the APC leadership to include unbridled fuel price increase in 2015 to the current scarcity of the essential commodity and the hyperinflation that are now making poor Nigerians to weep secretly. He said a change must come to the state by September 2018..
Former member House of Rep and former chairman, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Dr. Muyiwa Oladimeji who was a former chieftain of the APC in the State, revealed that after studying Omisore’s philanthropic gesture, he and his members in the Lions Club International had to recommend Senator Omisore for the globally renowned “Melvin Jones Fellow Award’’ — the highest award category in honours list of Lions Club International in 2014. This award is the highest form of recognition and embodies humanitarian ideas consistent with the nature and purpose of Lionism. The recipient of this award becomes a model of exemplary service to his club and the community which it serves. Dr Iyiola Omisore was giving this prestigious award in 2014 at a global forum.
Other people present at the occasion were PDP Women leader in Osun State, Mrs Comfort Ale; Legal Adviser to PDP in the South West, Barrister Ojo Williams; Former National Deputy Vice Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Tajudeen Oladipo; and a party chieftain, Dr. Bayo Faforiji. Also, some association of widows present to receive 50kg bags of rice and other food materials include: Mercy of God Widows Association, Itesiwaju Widows Association Ilesa West; Alubarika Widows Association, Olorunda; Daughters of Zion; Isokan Widows Association, Oredegbe Widows Association and Uncommon Favour Widows Association, Ife North.
