[dropcap]A[/dropcap] total of 50 indigent widows and orphans in Oshimili South Local Government Area have benefited from the bags/sachets of rice, vegetable oil, tin tomatoes, provision, petty cash and toiletries distributed by Grassroots Newspaper Publishers Network as part of the Publishers new year largesse to widows and other underprivileged persons across Delta State.
Making the distribution Saturday December 30 in oko, The Grassroots Publishers National President, Dr Dan Awana who was represented by Chief D.O. Okirka, the National Vice President, he stressed that the beneficiaries should be more concerned about Publishers intention than the yuletide gifts.
The Grassroots Publishers President’s while noting that the new year welfare support is part of Grassroots Publishers project, assured that the gesture will be a continuous exercise “so long as God gives life”.