'Wealthy Nigerians Invest In Women' - Inner Wheel Club

A service organisation, the Inner Wheel Club of Matori, has asked Nigerians who are well-to-do to join in women development to make the society a better place.
President of the Club, Mrs. Adejumoke Odulaja, spoke with our correspondent on Tuesday shortly after the group empowered some women in the area.

Inner Wheel had distributed sewing and grinding machines, foodstuffs and money to some women who were said to be in dire need.

 

Checkups were also conducted on the participants by a medical team invited by the group.

Odulaja said there was a need for more people to support the initiative and make life better for others.

She said, “The Inner Wheel Club is the largest female organisation in the world. We identify needs in our communities and meet them, help the less-privileged and touch lives.

 

“In the Inner Wheel Club of Matori, District 911, we have been able to organise a breast cancer awareness campaign for women, refurbish a community toilet in Mushin and even buy them a generator. This is the third project, and we are delighted to have touched these lives. The truth is that when you empower a woman, you empower a nation and more people need to join this cause.”

Odulaja, who will be ending her tenure as the 26th president of the club by the end of June, said she was happy to have touched many lives, adding that the group would have done more, but for financial constraints.

 

She observed that there was a need for women to have early test to be able to detect cervical and breast cancers, which she said were killing women at an alarming rate.

She lamented lack of financial support from corporate organisations, saying funds for projects were, most times, generated from the private purses of club members.

 

“We all have a short time to live. And when you leave, nobody will talk about where you lived, the clothes you wore, the cars you drove, but who you were and how many lives you impacted. What we need is a large heart, not a large house. For the rest of my life, I ask for grace to be able to serve God better and touch people, so that I can give an account to Him when I die,” she said.

 

One of the beneficiaries of the donation, Mrs. Funmilayo Omotayo, a trader, expressed gratitude to the group and asked the government to encourage women empowerment in the country.

She said, “I didn’t expect what I got from them; it was like a dream. I hope the government and other Nigerians can support them. If we can have more of these, unemployment and criminal activities will reduce and women will be more hard-working.”