Oyetola Lavish Baby Adewale, Others With Gifts
Wife of Osun State governor, Mrs Kafayat Oyetola Wednesday showered gift items on baby Adewale, the first baby delivered at 1:00 am of January 1st, 2020 at the State Hospital. Asubiaro, Osogbo.
Besides, ten babies that shared the same ward with the luck baby also got gifts from Osun First Lady just as the bouncing baby boy of the year delivered to the family of Mr and Mrs Adewale Abass, weigh 3.4kg.
Mrs Oyetola who visited the baby of the year in the early hours of January 1st, 2020 took time to felicitate with the parents and families of the babies in the ward and pray for them.
She admonished the parents especially mothers to take good care of the babies so that they would grow and achieve their full potentials in life.
The parents of First Baby, Mr and Mrs Adawale Abass expressed gratitude to the wife of the governor for her gesture as they received the gifts on behalf of the baby.
The father of the baby, Mr Adewale Abass lauded the initiative of Mrs Oyetola and expressed appreciation to her for the gifts.
Mrs Oyetola was accompanied by the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu, Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Health, Dr Olasiji Olamiju and other senior officials of the ministry of Health and top government functionaries in the state.
Appealing to all parents in the state to ensure good upbringing of their wards, Mrs Oyetola in a chart with newsmen charged parents on the need to give good education to their children just as she urged them to take good care of their children so that they can be useful to their families, the state, and the nation at large
She also charged the nursing mothers to adequately breastfeed their children for at least six months without mixing it with water or any other food so as to be healthy.
The first lady also used the visitation to sensitise parents on the dangerous implications of genital mutilation, she described it as an indirect way of killing the girls.
Mrs Oyetola also appealed to residents of the state to desist from defecating in the open places, saying such attitude is not good for the healthy living of the people of the state.
She said: “The parents of the babies should take adequate care of their children and wards. They should give them good education so that they can become a great pillar in the state, in the nation and in the world.
She appreciated the people of the state for giving her husband the needed support and urged them to continue to support him and pray for him saying Governor Gboyega Oyetola will not deviate from keeping to the promises he made during electioneering campaign.