The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, has pledged his assist for the United Nations Kids’s Fund goals and programmes in Oyo State.
The monarch pledged on Wednesday when the UNICEF group paid him a courtesy go to to solicit assist for kids’s rights within the nation.
Oba Olakulehin, talking by way of the Maye Olubadan, Senior Chief Lekan Alabi, on the Oke Aremo Palace, Ibadan, stated the selection of the Olubadan as a reference level of contact with different conventional rulers within the nation was a step in the fitting path.
The monarch stated, “Ibadan is the house of firsts in Nigeria. The city has been on the forefront of political, social and financial growth in Nigeria.
“To say just some, the primary educating hospital, the College Faculty Hospital, was established in Ibadan, the primary college in Nigeria, the College of Ibadan, was established in 1948, and the primary tv station in Africa was established in Ibadan.
“Thus, the goals of UNICEF in direction of lowered maternal mortality, toddler mortality and different social and well being issues could be realised, now that you’ve got visited the Olubadan of Ibadanland.”
The UNICEF group chief, Mohammed Okorie, earlier in his handle, stated the rationale behind the go to was to solicit the monarch’s assist for the sensitisation, mobilisation and enlightenment of oldsters and guardians in direction of guaranteeing the safety of youngsters’s rights.
“Ibadan and Oyo State residents aren’t accessing UNICEF providers as anticipated, thus the necessity to attraction to the Olubadan, the Olubadan-in-council, chiefs, mogajis and baales to sensitise and mobilise their folks to utilize the amenities and alternatives offered by UNICEF.
“Make sure that expectant moms attend antenatal take care of secure supply, and the care of the aged individuals as offered by UNICEF and to affect on monetary help to secondary healthcare establishments and different hospitals normally, every time the necessity arises,” Okorie stated.
