{"id":177047,"date":"2025-09-01T12:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/osun-first-lady-and-apc-women-leader-clash-over-grants"},"modified":"2025-09-01T13:19:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:19:35","slug":"osun-first-lady-and-apc-women-leader-clash-over-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/osun-first-lady-and-apc-women-leader-clash-over-grants","title":{"rendered":"Osun First Lady and APC Women Leader Clash Over Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>First Lady of Osun State, Titilola Adeleke, has dismissed allegations made by the Osun All Progressives Congress, APC, Women Leader, Alhaja Kudirat Fakokunde, over the distribution of a business empowerment grant.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST gathered that APC in Osun State accused the wife of the state governor, Titilayo Adeleke, of shortchanging its female members in the distribution of a business support grant initiated by Nigeria\u2019s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative, under Tinubu\u2019s Renewed Hope programme in partnership with the Tony Elumelu Foundation, aims to empower grassroots women across the country.<\/p>\n<p>In Osun, no fewer than 200 businesswomen drawn from the 332 wards in the state received the grant, with each beneficiary getting N50,000 to boost their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>At the presentation held at the Tinubu\/Shettima campaign office in Osogbo, Osun APC Women Leader, Kudiratu Fakokunde, alleged that despite her appeal for a larger quota, the governor\u2019s wife deliberately reduced their slots.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a statement issued on Sunday by Adewale Adeleke, Chief Press Secretary to the Osun First Lady, the allegation was described as false, unfounded, and misleading.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, \u201cthe distribution of the empowerment grant was carried out transparently and equitably. Prior to the exercise, Mrs. Adeleke and Alhaja Fakokunde reportedly agreed on the modalities of sharing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is rather unfortunate that such blatant lies could come from Alhaja Fakokunde, whom I respect so much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was in my office a day before the distribution exercise where we both agreed on the modalities of sharing. At no point were APC women short-changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn agreement had been reached for 200 APC women to directly benefit from the scheme, while the remaining 300 slots were allocated to grassroots traders and other Osun women across political lines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement emphasised that Adeleke has consistently demonstrated fairness and inclusiveness by extending empowerment initiatives to women irrespective of party affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the history of Osun State, it is unprecedented that the wife of a sitting governor will deliberately accommodate women from the opposition party in state-wide empowerment programmes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis alone testifies to the fact that the First Lady is God-fearing, accommodating, and peace-loving,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch allegations risked undermining genuine efforts aimed at improving the livelihoods of women across Osun through partnerships with government institutions and private foundations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Office of the First Lady assured the public that it would continue to collaborate with relevant stakeholders to provide life-changing opportunities for women across the state without bias or discrimination,\u201d it concluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. First Lady of Osun State, Titilola Adeleke, has dismissed allegations made by the Osun All Progressives Congress, APC, Women Leader, Alhaja Kudirat Fakokunde, over the distribution of a business empowerment grant. DAILY POST gathered that APC in Osun State accused the wife of the state governor, Titilayo Adeleke, of shortchanging its female [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":177046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[34,254,516],"class_list":["post-177047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-apc","tag-nigeria","tag-osun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Osun First Lady and APC Women Leader Clash Over Grants - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"First Lady of Osun State, Titilola Adeleke, has dismissed allegations made by the Osun All Progressives Congress, APC, W ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/osun-first-lady-and-apc-women-leader-clash-over-grants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Osun First Lady and APC Women Leader Clash Over Grants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"First Lady of Osun State, Titilola Adeleke, has dismissed allegations made by the Osun All Progressives Congress, APC, W ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/osun-first-lady-and-apc-women-leader-clash-over-grants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-01T11:14:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-01T12:19:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1756716591.493298.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/osun-first-lady-and-apc-women-leader-clash-over-grants#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/osun-first-lady-and-apc-women-leader-clash-over-grants\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Osun First Lady and APC Women Leader Clash Over Grants\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-01T11:14:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-01T12:19:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/osun-first-lady-and-apc-women-leader-clash-over-grants\"},\"wordCount\":431,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/osun-first-lady-and-apc-women-leader-clash-over-grants#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1756716591.493298.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Osun\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/osun-first-lady-and-apc-women-leader-clash-over-grants#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/osun-first-lady-and-apc-women-leader-clash-over-grants\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/osun-first-lady-and-apc-women-leader-clash-over-grants\",\"name\":\"Osun First Lady and APC Women Leader Clash Over Grants - 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