Dame Jonathan after flagging off the foundation urged the widows and women to pray for her family and assured they would never be abandoned and thanked Prince Arthur Eze for the support and care for widows and women in Nigeria as well as the political support to her husband’s government.
Thousands of bags of rice sewing machines ,hair-driers as well as other items were distributed to the widows and indigent women for self-employment purposes.
National coordinator and financier of 4J Prince Arthur Eze
recalled the horrible experienced of the Nigerian Civil War which according to him has resulted in the prevalence of widows in the present day Nigeria , assuring that the organization will cater for the widows to ameliorate their plight.
Prince Eze stated that the wife of the president has agreed to empower the women by consolidating on her present gesture.
Chairman of 4J, Prince Barr. Ephraim Ilonze said the primary objective of organizing the event was to use it as a platform to empower and alleviate the sufferings of widows and the down-trodden in the s\ east and beyond. According to him , 4J gathered over 10,000 widows and other indigent
citizens for the empowerment exercise by the wife of the president Dame Patience GoodLuck Jonathan adding that the organization will leave no stone
unturned to ensure the re-election the president in 2015
