Ministry of Sports to pay N10,000 monthly stipend to Rashidi Yekini’s mother

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development will be placing the mothers of former Super Eagles stars, Rashidi Yekini and Samuel Okwaraji on a monthly stipend of N10,000.

The announcement was made by Mr Olaitan Shittu, a representative of the Minister of Sports, Mr Sunday Dare who presented N50,000, 50 kg bag of rice, 10 kg bag of wheat and six tins of milo as Ramadan gifts to Alhaja Sikiratu, Rashidi Yekini’s mother.

Speaking at Ijagbo, near Offa in Kwara on Wednesday May 6, Shittu also disclosed that the mother of late Super Eagles player, Samuel Okwaraji will be getting same donations from the Ministry.