*Promises to sponsor his return to school

By Olufemi Oni, Ilorin

Succour came the way of a physically challenged youth in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, Salman Abdulsomad, who had long
been in confinement due to lack of mobility aids, as he was gifted with a sport wheelchair.

Kwara Central Senatorial candidate for the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Hon. Aiyelabegan Kayode Abdul Goga, who made the donation, said the humanitarian gesture was to complement his various public-spirited interventions to improve the well-being of his people.

He said: “The development came against the backdrop of the plea for support to aid the mobility of the boy who was said to have been restricted to confinement as a result of no mobility aids to facilitate movement.”

Handing over the device to the beneficiary at his residence at Okekere in Ilorin, the senatorial candidate urged the beneficiary not to despair by the constraints of his challenges, saying the choice of the donated device was to facilitate his easy participation in adapted sporting activities towards enhancing his social, mental, emotional and physical capacities.

Speaking to the parents of the beneficiary, the Goga expressed his readiness to sponsor the boy to school, stressing that education is critical to the realisation of his latent potential.

“We are assuring you of our readiness to return the boy to school. Just as everyone, he has the potential to attain his desired goals, but this can only be achieved with quality education through which his latent talents will be unlocked and nurtured,” Goga added.

Appreciating the gesture, the relatives of the beneficiary took turns to applaud the Kwara Central Senatorial Hopeful, describing him as a compassionate leader who gives maximum priority to the wellness of the people, urging other wealthy individuals and organisations to emulate Goga’s noble deeds in reaching out to the physically-challenged and other downtrodden people in the society.