An indigenous logistics firm, Greater Washington Limited (GWL) has set up a trust fund for the widows and families of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) officials who died in active service.
The company also said it has established a N10 million trust fund for extremely poor students across the country, noting that over 20 students in various tertiary institutions have benefitted from the initiative, including primary and secondary school pupils.
Disclosing this to journalists in Abuja Wednesday, GWX Managing Director, Adenike Awosan, said the company’s corporate social responsibility was focused on taking care of widows, particularly families of deceased immigration officers.
She stated that the poverty alleviation programme for the widows would be executed in partnership with the Immigration Officers Wives Association, the Ministry of Interior and key business partners.
Awosan said the CSR was targeted at giving back to the society with the aim of reducing illiteracy and poverty in the country.
The MD said, “Over the years, we have carried out a lot of CSR projects and this time, we are supporting the cause of the widows especially wives of the officers that died or have become incapacitated while serving in the Nigeria Immigration Service.”
“We will support them with petty trading financing and give scholarships to the children of the poor amongst them while ensuring that they are sponsored to public\state owned intuitions from secondary to tertiary institutions”, she explained.
Awosan also disclosed plans to sponsor a capacity-building programme for media practitioners through effective training and partnership on major humanitarian projects.
