Wife of the Former Governor of Ogun State, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun has expressed her desire to support people living with disabilities in the state with the view to improving their standard of living and to alleviate the poverty level of the needy in the state. She said this while meeting with members of the Joint National Association of People Living with Disabilities (JONAD) at the Conference Hall in her office at the South-west Resource Centre, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta on the 2nd of August, 2012. Mrs. Amosun said the rationale behind the meeting was to identify the association, understand their needs and to know how she could assist the members, noting that the interest of physically challenged persons was paramount in the agenda of her husband, Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led administration. The wife of the former governor added that having the data base of members of the association would go a long way in the planning and implementation of programmes that would be of immense benefit to them, and that she would do everything within her reach to ensure that members were self-sufficient and self- reliant. Responding, JONAD President, Ogun State Chapter, Mr. Fasola Olusola noted that empowerment of members was of utmost importance to the association, thereby appealing to Mrs. Amosun to intervene in the affairs of people living with disabilities so as give them a new lease of live. He lauded the initiatives of Mrs. Amosun and the State Government for their different initiatives aimed at re-positioning Ogun State.
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Partnering The Save Our Souls(SOS) Children Villages
Wife of the Former Governor of Ogun State, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun has said she would continue to support the cause of the less privilege in the society to improve the quality of life of the people irrespective of their age and status, assuring of her partnership with SOS Ministries International and any relevant organisations. Receiving members of SOS Ministries from Florida, United States America in her office at South-west Resource, Centre, Oke-Mosan inAbeokuta on the 14th of January, 2013, Mrs. Amosun identified with the ministries, saying their programmes were in line with her Uplift Development Foundation projects which aimed at putting smiles on the faces of the needy. Highlighting projects of her Uplift Development Foundation, the Wife of the Former Governor explained her uplift projects have empowered over 50,000 youths, women and children through human capacity building and distribution of items to enable them earn a living and be self–employed and self-reliant. She appreciated and thanked the delegation for their visit, harping on her continuous desire to lend a helping hand to the needy who could not earn a living. In her response, the leader of the delegation, Pastor Michael Schadt commended the extraordinary vision of Mrs. Amosun to help the needy in the State especially in the area of empowerment and human capital development, which he described as service to God and humanity. He assured of his readiness to collaborate with Uplift Development Foundation to boost the standard of living of the people of Ogun State. He said the visit was aimed at meeting with Mrs. Amosun, having had a lot about her projects and how she had better the lots of needy children and women in the state, citing example of Steven’s Children’s Home, an orphanage that SOS Ministries had supported for over five years.
The Adire Traders
Wife of the Former Governor of Ogun State, Mrs .Olufunso Amosun on the 14th of December, 2012 met with the Adire and Kampala traders at the South- west Resource Centre, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, assuring the traders of her continuous patronage. Mrs. Amosun added that Adire cloth has become a national icon, saying there are lots of potentials in the production of the cloth for people of Ogun State and beyond. “The Adire business has survived over a very long period of time and it remains one of our cultural patrimonies in Ogun State. As you all know, Adire has become part of me and I would always encourage other people to wear it in order to showcase our cultural heritage.” Responding, the Iyaloja of Asero Market, Mrs. Kemi Oloyede, expressed her gratitude to the wife of the former governor for giving them an audience and identifying with their business. She assured that the traders would continue to churn out best of Adire materials for the consumption of the public.
Namibian High Commissioner
With the growing spread of the news of her activities, Namibian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms. Selma Musavyi visited and sought to partner with Mrs. Olufunso on women empowerment and youth development initiatives. Ms. Musavyi made this request during a courtesy call on the wife of the former governor at the Government House, Oke-Igbein in Abeokuta on the 10th of April, 2013. The Ambassador noted that it was time for African women to start networking and stop looking for solutions to their challenges from outside the continent. She maintained that her visit was prompted by series of empowerment and youth development programmes organized by Mrs. Amosun. “I was impressed by the impacts of your programmes in the lives of women and Youths. We have requested for the courtesy call to share ideas with you and network with you and Ogun State Government to establish a long lasting relationship with a view to proffer solutions to some of our challenges in Africa” She said. Responding, Mrs. Amosun expressed her willingness to partner with the government and people of Namibia with a view to empowering African women and Youths. “I believe such partnership will bring about a fulfilling and profitable relationships, it will assist our women in both countries. This could be in form of exchange programmes that would be beneficial to both countries and enable our women to compete with the outside world,” The governor’s former wife noted. Mrs. Amosun explained that her uplifting projects were geared towards helping vulnerable people in the society to acquire skills to enable them earn a living, saying she was desirous of teaching people “how to catch a fish rather than giving them fish always”. She said her programmes had overtime empowered a lot of women and youths who had been trained in various vocational skills and empowered with business and start-up kits to enable them earn a living immediately.
L.A.D Charity
Three teenagers, Laolu Adeeyo, Anjolaoluwa Amosun and Damilola Animashaun (LAD Charity) spent their summer 2011 holidays, voluntarily working at the Lions Motherless Babies Home in Lagos. Well aware that charity work is a good way to help out in the community, they chose to spend time teaching the children at the orphanage songs and dance steps, just to put smiles on the children’s faces. Still in the spirit of selfless giving, Laolu, Anjola and Damilola felt the need to do more, and so over the Christmas 2011 holiday period, they decided to raise funds for the benefit of motherless babies homes. They formed a charity called LAD an acronym for Leave A Donation (LAD) from the first initial of each their names – Laolu, Anjola and Damilola and went on to organised an impressive fund raiser all by themselves. This held on the 23rd of December, 2011 at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. They were able to raise an admirable amount of funds as and at the event, they announced that the government owned Stella Obasanjo Home in Abeokuta, Ogun State, a home that they had visited and assessed a few times before, would be the sole beneficiary of all funds raised.The management and staff of the Home were approached and consulted with to find out their pressing needs in order of priority and it was discovered that their most pressing need was additional living space for the children as they were cramped up and over-crowded. The LAD team, promised to see what their funds would allow them to do, went back to try and raise additional funds by getting people to redeem their pledges and then came back to execute the project. All members of the LAD Charity are students, and so in between their studies, they commenced the project and spent their holidays supervising the project.On the 5th July, 2013, the ultra modern hostel building, which comprises of two 10 bedded dormitory styled rooms and 6 dormitory style toilets/showers, fully kitted out with beds/cots and bedding, was handed over and dedicated to the glory of God and the benefit of mankind. Laolu is the son of Mr. Sola Adeeyo a well known flourishing banker and the Chairman of Astral Waters Ltd. Anjolaoluwa, is the daughter of Senator Ibikunle Amosun FCA, a Chartered Accountant by profession and Former Governor of Ogun State, whilst Damilola Animashaun is the daughter Mr. Bankole Animashaun, the Director and Corporate lawyer for LaCasera and Animashaun group of companies. These are children that normally one would expect to spend their Summer and Christmas holidays, lazing about without a worry in the world, trying to have as much fun as possible, but look at how these children spent theirs. Laolu, Anjola and Damilola have become a source of inspiration to many, they have challenged their contemporaries to think of ways to help other less privileged ones in the society. If you feel inspired by the deeds of these teenagers, please feel free to LAD (leave a donation) by getting in touch with them at [email protected]
National Conference On Environment
Delivering a paper titled: “Managing Our Environment for a Sustainable and Secure Future” during a two-day National Conference on Environment in Abuja on the 20th of May, 2013, the wife of the former governor said environment-related issues have become one of the most topical matters in the world agenda today. She explained that evidence has shown that the impacts of environmental crisis have become major threats to the survival and sustainable development of humanity. According to her, “Several publications have identified Africa as the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Africa is be-deviled with a considerable number of challenges like poverty, diseases etc, and the continent has been identified to be the least able to cope with the impacts of climate change.” “In order to decide what actions we should take it is crucial to have the best possible information on what we actually know for sure about our environment, climate change and its projected effects. We must then take conscious steps at the national, state, local and even at personal level to reduce the ever-growing risks associated with climate change.” The wife of the former governor said communiqué and recommendations emanating from conferences/workshops on environment should be treated with utmost sense of urgency and a time-line for programme of action/implementation should be put in place. In her welcome address, the Chairman House Committee on Environment, Hon. Uche Ekwunife said protecting the environment is the responsibility of all stakeholders. We all clearly understand how the environment underpins all social and economic development, past, present and future. When the environment is abused and neglected,poverty and instability follow. When it is nurtured, well being and prosperity flourish. We live in a time of profound transformation. The challenges are enormous.”We have gotten to a point where business as usual is no more an option. This conference can be the guiding light we need to navigate to a more prosperous, equitable and sustainable environmental growth,” she said. The conference was declared open by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal who was represented by the Minority Leader of the House, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. Papers were also delivered by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State; his Kogi State counterpart, Idris Wada, Minister of Environment, Hajiya Hadizah Mailaifia amongst others. In line with her quest to protect the environment, Mrs. Amosun was actively involved in the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, creating awareness on the maintain cleanliness and ensuring personal hygiene. She was at different places in the State monitoring peoples’ compliance to environmental sanitation exercise and encouraging them to always come out en masses and clean up their environment.
2nd Esther’s National Prayer Conference
Mrs. Amosun has stressed the need for women to return to God in order to ensure peace in the world and the fulfillment of his promises to mankind. Speaking at the 2nd Esther’s National Prayer Conference organised by Womb of Intercession International Fellowship (WIIF) held at Royale Pavilion Hotel, GRA Ibara Abeokuta on the 4th of December, 2012, the wife of the governor noted that prayer was germane to sustaining national development. According to her, “The theme of this year’s conference “Look Unto Me and Be Saved” was apt and relevant in view of the prevailing situation in some parts of the country”, She said women serve as a key factor in child development, saying that God’s arrangement for humanity was not peculiar to Christian homes, nor to any culture but to all believers who fear God and follow his commandments, pointing out that understanding the purpose of the creator would make the role of the women easier to perform.
First Babies Of The Year 2013
Ogun State Government Supports Mother Of Triplets
Wife of the Former Governor of Ogun State, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun on donated cash and gift items to a mother of triplet to support the upkeep of the babies who were delivered at the State Hospital Ijaye, Abeokuta on the 9th of November, 2012. Mrs. Amosun explained that the donation was spurred out of compassion to help the mother of the babies who was unemployed and hearing that her husband had absconded due to fear of how he was going to cater for the triplets having had three other children prior to the delivery of the triplets. She noted that babies were gifts from God and they should be adequately nurtured and cared for so they could grow into responsible adults, adding the present administration in the state through its free healthcare delivery for children of ages O-5 has been able to preserve the lives of children thus reducing infant mortality in the state. She called on parents to take opportunity of the kind gesture of the state government in providing free consultation and treatment for children in their various Local Government areas, encouraging the mother to be of good cheer and see the birth of the triplets as a blessing from God. The mother of the triplet thanked and appreciated Mrs. Amosun for her kind gesture and prayed to God for more blessing and strength in all her endeavors.
First Year Anniversary Of Ogun State House Of Assembly
Legislators in the Ogun State House of Assembly celebrated its first year anniversary in grand style with staff and other members of the public. Mrs. Olufunso Amosun joined other SOSGFA members from the Assembly to celebrate the first year anniversary with their spouses who have been very supportive in the mission to rebuild Ogun State.