Amosun’s wife empowers physically challenged people

More than 1,000 physically challenged people from across the 20 local government areas of Ogun State on Tuesday benefitted from the UPLIFTing the Physically Challenged programme by the wife of the state governor, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun.
The programme, initiated by Mrs. Amosun, is designed to empower people with special needs across the state.
Hundreds of items such as free artificial limbs, wheel chairs, sewing machines and commercial items like giant coolers, umbrellas, packs of Indomie and other Dangote products and cash gifts were given to the physically challenged people to boost their personal and economic needs.
Speaking during the programme at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, the state Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, who made a surprise appearance at the event, assured the people of his administration’s commitment to their welfare, particularly those with special needs, noting that in spite of their special needs they are blessed with one talent or the other.
The governor said more projects and policies of interest would be initiated for people with special needs, pointing out that a special passage route had been carved out of the newly constructed Ita-Eko/Sokori Road in Abeokuta for them and more facilities would be designed throughout the state to ensure their safety.
He donated a Toyota Hiace bus to members of the Joint National Associations of People with Disabilities.
In her remarks, Mrs. Amosun said the empowerment programme was in continuation of the promise made to ensure their wellbeing by making them self-sufficient and self-employed.
The representative of Chief Executive Officer of Tolaram Charity Foundation, Mrs. Neha Mehra, said the foundation had distributed over 20,000 artificial limbs to people with special needs, including those in Ogun State, and would continue to partner with Uplift Development Foundation to make life better for them.