Legal icon, Chief Wole Olanipekun, (SAN) has described the Nigerian economic situation as challenging, calling on the wealthy people to show sympathy and assist the poor and the less privileged.
Olanipekun noted that many people across the globe are presently facing hard times and conditions in different dimensions from economic, political security, socio-cultural, health among others.
The senior lawyer said the situation then beckons to those who have received God’s benevolence to also tap from God’s attribute of compassion by lending helping hands to their fellow human beings.
He spoke in his Ikere Ekiti country home during the Wole Olanipekun Foundation (WOF) 27th Scholarship Award Scheme and 4th Empowerment Programme at the weekend.
The chairman of the WOF Board, Prince Feyi Ogoji, said scholarships were given to 250 secondary school, university and law school students, 100 youths were empowered, 100 aged and widows gifted grants and 600 others received palliatives for the year while over 4,000 persons have benefitted from the initiative since its incept in 1996.
Olanipekun who explained that the development is causing tension, unrest, anxiety, pressure, confusion, hatred, anguish, pain, distress and transferred aggression among many people said “the situation in Nigeria is much more challenging, cognisance being taken of our very peculiar and uninspiring economic situation over the years, coupled with the burden of insecurity that we have faced for over a decade now.
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