AbdulRazaq Commended for Rising to the Needs of Charity Homes in Kwara

Hammed Shittu in Ilorin

Worried by the economic realities in the country, the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has been commended for rising to the needs of charity homes in the state.

The development has also gone a long way to change the lives of less-privileged and impaired children in the state.

The proprietor of a privately owned charity home, ‘To Omo Re’, Mr. Samuel Ajayi, made the commendation in Ilorin yesterday while speaking with journalists.

Ajayi said the constant support of the present administration in the state to the charity homes remains noticeable as it has changed the lives of the impaired and less-privileged children in the state.

 He said: “I want to commend Governor Abdulrazaq for his timely support in view of the economic realities in the country by donating rice, household goods, and other gifts as palliatives to To Omo Re charity home.

“The donation of these gifts have helped us to  assist the impaired children that are kept in our home, and this has improved their socio wellbeing.

“Just recently, four commissioners in the state visited our charity home and supported us with many gifts, and this has also gingered us to be more committed to the service to humanity.”

Ajayi, however, urged the state government to give the charity homes in the state tax waivers and total support in form of constant gestures, to add more values to the homes.

He also appealed  to  public-spirited persons to  come to the  aid of the charity homes in the face of the present economic realities, to prevent flooding of impaired children on major streets.

He also commended the federal government Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) for assisting the centre with several millions of naira to put it in shape.

According to him, “The centre that started in 2006 with four pupils in 2008 in a rented apartment now need a land to build more spacious place to accommodate its over 80 population.”

He listed the challenges confronting the school to include land for expansion, experienced and qualified teachers, especially for autistic children; speech and physiotherapy, lamenting that online lecturers engaged from Lagos costs N10,000 per session.

Training materials and feeding were added with the aforementioned problems facing the school.

He said: “Unless the government and private sectors decide to help us, the divine assignment we decided to take up may soon suffer; for example, consider feeding these students four times daily, you will agree that it’s not too easy with the country’s present economic realities.”

On the need for land, Ajayi told journalists that 50 of the pupils come from home, appealing for vehicles to take care of them.

He commended his staff, “who at times watch the adult students with bare hands occasionally when they defecated on their bodies,” describing them as fellow workers in the God’s vineyard.