Senior citizens celebrate Amosun at 59

Thousands of senior citizens under the UPLIFTing the Aged initiative Wednesday joined the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, to celebrate his 59th birthday anniversary at the June 12 Cultural Centre in Kuto, Abeokuta.
The 6th Edition of the programme, which was organised by the wife of the Governor of Ogun State, Olufunso Amosun, was witnessed by thousands of aged people from all the state’s 57 local government and local council development areas.
Speaking at the occasion, Mrs. Amosun, who is also the President of the UPLIFT Development Foundation, said the aim of the programme was to give the governor opportunity to reach out to vulnerable senior citizens in Ogun State and to show them love.
The governor’s wife added that the UPLIFTing the Aged programme was an annual event put together by her Foundation to give succour to the the aged in the state, explaining that over 1,000 beneficiaries are currently being given monthly stipends through the ATM card since 2012.
Mrs. Amosun said the programme was in line with the Federal Government’s welfare package for the people of the country, hoping for the sustenance of the programme even after the Ibikunle Amosun administration.
The governor used the occasion to assure the people of Ogun State of more infrastructure and human capital developments.
“My administration will continue to struggle to do more for the State. What we would do in terms of infrastructure and human development in the remaining two and half years would surpass all that we have in the last six years,” he said.
Commending the governor and his wife for their love, Chief Peter Falola, 89, said the senior citizens had not had it so good in the state, noting that the monthly stipends he gets has been of tremendous assistance towards sustaining him.
Falola prayed for God’s continuous protection and mercy for the First Family.