Finally a database for widows, one fundamental challenge the distribution of COVID-19 palliative measures revealed is the clear absence of a comprehensive database, including a database for widows in Nigeria.

This singular lack of a verified database resulted in incalculable damage including falsification of personalities, diversion, duplication and waste of limited resources, double and hasty registration, paucity of relief materials, inefficient planning and policy implementation and outright exclusion of sizeable number of widow population.

A database will go a long way in direct Federal Government intervention through the Ministry and in the appropriate channeling of much needed resources to target programmes, demographies and households, thus directly improving the welfare of widows. Well done, and I wish you success and blessings.