City Boy Movement supports pregnant women, students in Edo

The City Boy Movement has provided support packages to pregnant women, students and other vulnerable residents in Edo State as part of its humanitarian outreach programme.

The initiative, organised in partnership with Pipeline Infrastructure Ltd, was held on Wednesday under the City Boy Care Outreach programme, with interventions also extended to individuals requiring medical assistance.

The Edo State Coordinator of the movement and All Progressives Congress candidate for Oredo Federal Constituency, Paddy Iyamu, said the organisation was committed to improving the welfare of residents through interventions that make a difference in their lives.

Speaking at the event, Iyamu said the movement’s activities were driven by humanitarian concerns rather than political interests.

“We care a lot about humanity. This is not about elections, vote-buying or canvassing for votes. It is a drive to ensure that we leave people better than the way we met them,” he said.

He said the organisation remained committed to its slogan of informing, engaging and empowering the people, adding that its interventions were designed to improve the well-being of beneficiaries.

According to him, the movement had previously supported families with grinding machines and cash gifts, while plans were underway to extend further assistance during the Christmas season.

Iyamu said Wednesday’s outreach focused on pregnant women, beneficiaries of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund scheme and people in need of healthcare support.

He urged residents to support the government and continue praying for President Bola Tinubu and Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo.

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He also assured vulnerable residents that the movement would sustain its welfare programmes and commended the organisers, volunteers and management of the host facility for their contributions to the exercise.

The Director of City Boy Care, Omowunmi Imoukuede, said the intervention in Edo was driven by the organisation’s commitment to humanitarian service and continuity in governance, rather than electoral considerations.

The Chief Medical Director of Edo Specialist Hospital, Dr Anthonia Inibokun Njoku, praised the City Boy Care team, particularly its young volunteers, for their dedication to the outreach.

Njoku expressed confidence in the capacity of young people to contribute positively to society and encouraged the volunteers to sustain their humanitarian activities.

She also described them as role models and mentors to the younger generation.

One of the beneficiaries, Blessing Osebor, thanked the organisers for the support provided to pregnant women, describing the gesture as timely and generous.

She assured the organisers that the beneficiaries would appreciate the intervention and prayed for safe deliveries for all expectant mothers, with both mothers and babies surviving.

The City Boy Movement, headed by Seyi Tinubu, is an advocacy group that supports President Tinubu’s administration and promotes its policies, including the Renewed Hope Agenda.

The organisation describes its activities as focused on community development, social welfare and mobilising young people.