The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, on Sunday, said the foundation he established hasoffered scholarships to the children of a poor blue-eyed mother, Risikat Azeez, who was dumped by her husband, Abdul-Wasiu Omo-Dada.
Last week, news reports and video of a poor blue-eyed mother, Risikat Azeez, who was dumped by her husband, Abdul-Wasiu Omo-Dada, went frenzy on social media.
In a tweet, the Ogbomoso-born Minister said DAD foundation has offered family support and education to the children.
Thereafter, concerned Nigerians offered to help the 30-year-old mother of two.
DAD Foundation, a foundation I set up in honor of my late father Daniel Ayoola Dare over three years ago has offered education scholarship and family support to the children of the blue -eyed mother , Risikat Azeez.
— Sunday Dare (@SundayDareSD) August 9, 2020
In a similar report by The PUNCH, the minister’s Personal Assistant, Grassroots, Shola Kolawole, visited the family on Saturday said:
“Her story was compelling and pitiable. Two young kids and mother abandoned by the husband through no fault of theirs. No kid should be denied education and a chance to live. I was moved by compassion. As an Ogbomoso indigene, they live next door to us in Ilorin. They are my neighbours. The Bible admonishes that we should love our neighbours that we see.
“It’s my desire for my kids to be educated because my parents sent me to school within the limit of their capacity, which is not even adequate for me because I can’t speak (English). But it is my desire for my children to be well-educated if I have the funds and if God enables me.
“My first daughter, who is almost five years old, has never attended a school before, but I will like them to be educated,” Risikat said.
Dare’s intervention comes as cheery news for Risikat and her kids, who had never been to school,
