Kwara gov celebrates New Year festival with special needs children
The Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday attended a New Year funfair that the administration held for adopted and special children and inmates of the Juvenile Correctional Home.
In what aligned with his signature care for the underprivileged, the Governor danced and took pictures with the children and their caregivers, after which he joined them to cut the cake to celebrate the new calendar.
According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, the programme was organised by the Kwara State Ministry of Social Development and was attended by several government officials and senior civil servants, including the host Commissioner Olaitan Abosede Buraimoh; Commissioner for Planning and Economic Development Aliyu Kora Sabi; Special Adviser on Special Duties Abdulrazhaq Jiddah; and Permanent Secretary Ministry of Social Development Peter Kayode Ayanwale.
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The event also featured musicals and games such as first-to-sit contests, headgear-tying skills, balloon blowing, and dance games. Winners from each session of the games went home with prizes.
“We have come to celebrate the children with various challenges. It is also to encourage and support the caregivers,” the Governor told reporters on the sideline of the event in Ilorin.
Buraimo said the programme was organised to underscore the affection of the Governor for the children living with disabilities as well as cheer up those in juvenile homes as a form of inclusion while thanking the Governor for the approval of the celebration and his presence, saying this is another evidence that the governor is child-friendly.
Ayanwale, a visually impaired on his part, said they were not surprised with the Governor’s active participation, given his passion for children with special needs.
“This is another good example that can be learnt from His Excellency,” he said.
