Earlier this week, the appointment of a 118-year old woman, Ma Dani Omonigbalibo Orogono, as special adviser on elderly matters to the vice-chairman of Kolokuma Opokuma Local Government of Bayelsa State, Mr Brian Wotari Alagha broke the Internet.
Ma Orogono who is the oldest woman in Sabagreia community, has now spoken on her appointment, stressing that she will be doing her job from her home in Sabagreia.
While promising to give elderly women good advice that will help alleviate their plights, Ma Dani in a chat with Daily Trust said: “I thank God that I’m alive to see this day, for other elders, I pray for them to get to my age. God should protect them and provide everything they need.
“I also pray for the politicians including the one that gave me the appointment, that God protect them, so that they will be in unity and get the wisdom to move Bayelsa state forward.” She said
.Ma Orogono’s last daughter, Sarah Iko, who is over 50 years, in the chat also said “Mama will be using her home as her office because at this age, mama cannot stand the stress of going to the local government headquarters in Kaiama. “It was God that did it for us, myself, I am mama’s last child and I’m about fifty years plus, people have been calling us suffering people but God still remembered us through mama. I give glory to God. “She gave birth to thirteen of us with my father. She didn’t marry another man. The Vice-Chairman that gave her the appointment is her brother’s son. He has also promised to build new a house here for us.