Hon. Uthman Muheedeen (Olohunwa) is the Founder of Dele Bajaj Foundation. A few days back, he splashed multimillion naira on the youths empowerment programme in Ibarapa. At the event tagged “2022 Mega Empowerment Programme”, items including Sewing Machines, Cash, Pepper Grounding Machines, Deep Freezers, Generators, Hair Dryers, among others were distributed. The programme, which was the 6th edition, was held at Baptist Grammar School Ayete, in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State.
In his welcome address, Olohunwa, as Hon. Uthman Muheedeen is fondly called, explained that DBF is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established some years back with the sole aim of uplifting the old and young people of the Ibarapa community out of poverty through community services, growth and development-oriented activities.
“Having understood that the future of a society lies in the hand of her youths, the organization kicked off her activities by focusing on widows, the young secondary school leavers of Ibarapaland.”
“We sponsored, groomed and nursed 1000 students for Computer BASED 2021 UTME examination. There was a tutorial to prepare these students and a mock examination was conducted for them where those who passed excellently were selected across all the local government of Ibarapa land and their Jamb Forms were fully funded. The top scorers in the UTME were selected and are under the mentorship of DBF till date”.
“We also brought smiles in the faces of thousands of farmers across all the local governments in Ibarapa by empowering them with seedlings of grains such as rice and maize in sufficient quantities. A financial aide was also provided for the scores of farmers so as to ease their farming processes.
Aside from these, the organization also made people smile during all the various religious festivals as clerics and dignitaries were selected across Ibarapa as beneficiaries of festival support of the organization.
The foundation is among the leading voices of the people when it comes to calling the government of the day to order and providing and suggesting practical solutions to various problems ravaging the land of Ibarapa in general.
There are various testimonies from people who have benefitted from one programme of DBF or the other. Seeing people live a good and living above poverty level has always been the vision of the Foundation. And The founder will not stop at anything to ensure this come to fruition.
“Like it’s stated earlier, everything that’s been done at DBF is not politically motivated and it’s purely our means of giving back to the society that made us, he concluded
The empowerment programme had in attendance, high-profile people of the political class in the region and business tycoons, including the CEO of Beedel Construction Company, Bukola Adeleye; Hon. Seun Fakorede, Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports; Hon. Afees Bolaji Repete; Hon. Saheed Aderonmu; Mr Usman Olawale Tecoma; GM BMU, Oyo South Senatorial Hopeful; Dr Olusola Ayandele (Eruobodo); Alhaji Mutiu, Asiwaju Onimaalu among others.
Among the traditional rulers who graced the occasion were the Asawo of Ayeteland, HRM Oba Emmanuel Okeniyi (JP) and the Onidere of Idereland, HRM Oba Kingsley Onikola (JP), Olu of Igboora
While speaking at the program, one of the beneficiaries extended profound gratitude to Dele Bajaj Foundation for bringing succour to indigent people in the region, prayed to God to continue to uplift the founder of DBF, Mr Uthman Muheedeen and his team.
-Dare Adeniran
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