Oshiomhole offers job, donates N2m to widow

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on
Monday donated N2m to a widow he
allegedly insulted while on an inspection
tour of the state.
The widow, Mrs. Joy Ifije, who was
invited to the Edo Government House
by the governor, was also offered
automatic employment by Oshiomhole.
Oshiomhole had invited the widow to
personally apologise to her over
his uncomplimentary remark that had
generated controversies in the
conventional and social media in the last
few weeks.
The governor said, “Let me apologise to
you for the way I spoke to you. I am
very sorry about the statement.
“I have also realised that even in anger,
one could still achieve the same result
that he set out to without provocative
outburst.
“I apologise from the bottom of my
heart, but sometimes you get angry
when people compromise your efforts.”
He said the government was trying to
change the face of the state capital by
doing its best to make the city beautiful.
The governor added that it was
frustrating and bad for some people to
truncate government efforts.
He stressed that trading on the road and
walk ways could hinder free flow of
traffic as well as cause accidents.
Oshiomhole, therefore, appealed to the
widow to join in the campaign against
road and walkways trading.
The governor said exposing consumables
to unhygienic sanitary conditions could
also cause ”disease and pose dangerous
health hazards to humans.”
Oshiomhole, who also announced the
automatic employment of the widow,
said the employment would help her
ease the burden of widowhood and give
her children good and proper education.
He assured the widow that his family
would assist the widow’s second child in
furthering his education, while also
appealing to her to resist the
temptation of breaking the law.
The widow had earlier apologised to the
governor for her action, saying ‘’ I know
I was wrong, that was why I quickly
knelt down to beg when I realised I was
face to face with the Governor’’.
She promised to work with the
state government in its campaign
against street trading and obstruction.
She also promised to make judicious use
of the money donated to her by the
governor.