Protesting Nasarawa women fault Aisha scheme, demand refund

• SESAN


• 5 MAY 2018

Umar Muhammed, Lafia

Aggrieved women in Nasarawa who applied for loans in a scheme championed by the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Wednesday staged a protest and demanded a refund of the N2,000 paid for the interest form.

The protesters marched from Jos road down to Makurdi and terminated their demonstration at Shendam road at about 12 in the afternoon.

The women, who were visibly unhappy, alleged that the management of AMBA Microfinance Bank did not give them loans despite collecting N2000 from each applicant.

Speaking to Northern City News, one of the protesting women, Mrs. Asebe Tanimu, said over 300 persons from 30 cooperative groups took part in the protest after they were excluded from the loan facility.

She said, “Our present predicament is that each woman in the cooperatives registered with N2000 and was supposed to get N20, 000, but they (the bank) said they could only give N10,000 to each loan applicant. 

“We are saying no to that, our money must be paid in full since we are part of the scheme. It is about two years now that they have collected the money from us.”

Efforts to speak with the management of AMBA Micro Finance failed.

‘My wife is a thief, please separate us’

• SESAN


• 5 MAY 2018

A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday granted a petition by Mr. Akeem Folorunsho for the dissolution of his two-year marriage on the grounds that his wife, Fatima, had a habit of stealing.

The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of the Court, granted Akeem’s prayers.

“Custody of the eight-month-old child produced by the union is granted to Fatima, while Akeem shall pay a monthly allowance of N5,000 for the child’s feeding,” the arbitrator added.

The petitioner had alleged that his wife threatened his life through constant theft of his money and property.

“Anytime I leave home in search of daily bread, Fatima searches through my clothes’ pockets to steal my money.

“I give her N2,000 every week, in addition to the abundance of food at home, including our baby’s daily needs.

“Worst still, my lord, after her departure from my home, Fatima suddenly came to my apartment, forcefully pulled off the burglary proof and made away with most of my property including refrigerator, mattress, DVD player, sound system, among others,” Akeem lamented.

Fatima, a teacher, denied the allegations levelled against her.

She said, “Akeem stopped catering to my needs not minding that I had not fully recovered from the surgery I had to give birth. That was the reason I carried his property to sell in order to sustain myself.”