The wife of Osun State Governor, Chief ( Mrs) Titilola has called on the people of the state to form a robust synergy with the administration of her husband, Senator Ademola Jackson Adeleke in his efforts at giving the youths a brighter future while improving the standard of living of the people of the state.
Titilola Adeleke who stated that the youths occupied a pivotal place in the agenda of Governor Adeleke, believed that Nigeria would be rapidly transformed if all stakeholders inculcated in their children moral values towards re-orientating their consciousness and sense of responsibility.
She further charged parents and other stakeholders to reawaken their sense of responsibility towards building their minds, being the only sustainable measure to safeguard them against numerous predicaments, such as child abuse, underage marriage, female gender mutilation, examination, school dropout ,malpractices and internet fraud among other vices for which Osun state government has zero tolerance.
She gave this charge in her address at Ataoja School of Science , Osogbo, last Friday during this year's Day of the African Child at which occasion , the Imole Foundation, convening the programme presented an award of Excellence to the wife of the governor for being an icon whose life has been dedicated to the upliftment of the youths.
She stressed that as Osun state is joining the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ) to commemorate and honour the African Child , mothers particularly should look into various challenges confronting our children with a view to engaging them in dialogues and actions that would ensure a better world for them.
The wife of the Governor was presented with a plaque in recognition of her iconoduly in offering hope for the Girl child and the youths in general while she unveiled a new book written by the Chief Executive Officer C.E.O. of Imole Foundation, Oluwaferanmi Babatunde titled:" Wounds that Time won't heal ."
In her lecture titled " Maintaining Zero tolerance Against abuse of the Osun state Child, the Head of the Legal Unit of the university of Osun teaching hospital, Osogbo, Barrister Olopade Abimbola noted with delight that Adeleke-led administration, since assumption of office, has supported the creative energies of women affairs ministry in stamping out the menace of every form of abuse , neglect or exploitation of the child in the state.
She noted that government and its relevant agencies have constantly raided streets to rid them of children hawkers, embarked upon regular sensitisation of traditional and religious leaders on the evils associated with child trafficking and organ harvesting while government's school feeding programme as well as its " Omoluabi culture " have been energizing the girl child to resist abuse of her dignity.
Earlier in his welcome address, Babatunde Kehinde, the Chairman of Spectacular International Magazine under which auspices the Imole foundation organised the event , commended the remarkable achievements of the wife of the Governor, Chief Titilola Adeleke whom he described as a beacon of inspiration, guiding light and symbol of Hope for the children of Osun state .
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