We Had No Ticket But Alhaji Sheriff Shagaya Put Smiles on Our Faces- Beneficiaries
Over 300 people who were not captured in the Salman Shagaya Foundation N10,000 relief money scheme for 1,000 persons in Kwara State also benefited from
Kind gesture of Alhaji Sheriff Shagaya on Sunday.
Some of the people who came as spectators were asked to be ‘taken care of’ by Chairman Salman Shagaya Foundation Alhaji Sheriff Shagaya in appreciation of the public support given to his community development efforts.
Some of the additional beneficiaries at the 16th quarterly relief money scheme said they received minimum of N5000 each.
One of the beneficiaries, Bilikees Kamorudeen while interacting with our correspondent said: ”We had no ticket yesterday but Alhaji Sheriff put smiles on our faces”.
In his address at the event, Alhaji Sheriff Shagaya urged beneficiaries to use the relief money judiciously.
”It is our hope that people use the relief money judiciously. Although we have on records thousands who have either started petty businesses or raised existing ones, it would be delightful to see more joining the fray. The smiles on the faces of the people as they receive the money further reassured us of nobility in extending goodness to others.” He added.
Sheriff however implored are yet to benefit from the scheme to stay calm ahead of another edition in first quarter of 2020.
Meanwhile, the foundation in a thank you message issued on Monday pledges to remain committed to philanthropy and community development as an organization with clear goals.
The statement read in part
”We thank our invited guests including the honourables Ahmed Yinka Aluko and Barr. Akogun Oyedepo for their show of support and solidarity to our team. It is delightful having people appreciative of our efforts.
”We understand the importance of our roles and how far we have come, but we don’t know our limits, because there is little we can not do for humanity.
”On that beautiful note, we pledge to remain committed to philanthropy and community development as an organization with clear goals. We implore the people to queue behind us as we march on to greatness and prosperity; for us all, greatness and prosperity!”