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Wares: Son Toby and Mother

wares: She also made time for interviews on location, according to The Chronicle Herald. When people talk about my Mom, they say, the first day you meet Ngozi, is the very moment she will begin to help you plan your life,' recalled Otti's son Toby. The founder of the African Community Investment Cooperative of Canada and mother of six was stricken with cancer but saw to it that the 20 or so participants, mostly immigrants, had a respectable venue to show their traditional food, clothing and other wares at the co-operative's caf on Herring Cove Road. She would forget about herself to help others succeed. The teenager is attempting to raise 50,000 to fulfill his mother's dream of being buried in her home of Nigeria surrounded by her husband and children. The 19-year-old Dalhousie University student made those statements in a moving tribute to his mother who died on Friday, leaving behind a family of seven as well as a wider African immigrant community in Halifax. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.