Mrs. Olufunso Amosun,Former First Lady, noticed that there is a need for the spouses of government functionaries to have a medium of getting together to support one another whilst their spouses are away at work, supporting Former Governor, Senator lbikunle Amosun in his Mission to Rebuild Ogun State. This support takes the government functionaries away from their various homes late into the night on a regular basis and leaves us spouses and children at home wondering what to do with ourselves.
During the 2011 Christmas Holidays, Mrs. Amosun noticed that there was no forum for the children of government functionaries to meet or interact, a high influx of our youths came home for Christmas from their various places of learning and left without getting to even meet one another. She also noticed that save for official functions and outings that sometimes brought spouses together,briefly, there was no main forum for mothers and spouses generally to interact productively.
This brought about the realization that there was need to create an avenue for harmony and interaction among families of government functionaries. This was the beginning of SOSGFA. On the 7th of March, 2012, SOSGFA was inaugurated to enrich family ties among families of government functionaries whilst they serve and beyond.
SOSGFA is not a sloganeering association and its purpose is already manifesting, as a few weeks after its inauguration, a family picnic took place whereby all SOSGFA members, government functionaries and their teenagers/toddlers were in attendance. Lots of interactive games such as tug of war, father’s race, mother’s race, singing competitions and lots more were played and lots of team work was exhibited to the delight of Mrs. Amosun and other members of SOSGFA.
According to her, “We all had an extremely good time, got to know each other in an informal setting all truly in the spirit of enriching family ties, lives and bonds…l feel much fulfilled as the purpose of SOSGFA is being accomplished.”